Chapter 443 Zhuge goes south, Lu Su crosses the river
Liu Bei remembered that since Zhuge Liang followed him, no matter how difficult it was, even if the 200,000 people had no food and clothing at the beginning, Zhuge Liang would face it with a smile every day. Liu Bei had never seen such depressed expression.
"I'm upset." Zhuge Liang pulled the singing and said, only then did he realize that it was Liu Bei. He hurriedly stood up and saluted. Liu Bei hurriedly pressed down and asked Zhuge Liang to lie down.
"What troubles Kong Ming has? Tell me about it. Liu Bei is far from the military and political affairs, so I'm afraid he can't help much, but the military advisor should not be worried about military and civilian livelihood. If there are any troubles in life, Liu Bei can do it with
The military advisors share the burden together.”
Zhuge Liang sighed, shook his head, and squeezed out a smile: "Lord, Kong Ming has nothing to do, he is just a moment of emotion, but there is still something military to discuss with him.
I heard that Liu Zhang pacified the wilderness and the foundation in the rear was stable. This time, the 70,000 army went deep into the wilderness. Liu Zhang consumed a lot of supplies, but the harvest was also huge. Not only was the rear stable, the southern barbarians could provide him with a large number of soldiers, manpower and resources.
Come on, Jing Yi's power has been greatly enhanced.
For example, today, Cao Cao scored three points only, the lord and Han Sui scored one point, Sun Quan scored one point, and Liu Zhang scored two points, and the situation was clear.
Back then, the seven countries in the Warring States Period were competing for power, and military could no longer completely solve the problem. Diplomacy was needed. I expected that Liu Zhang would pacify the Southern Desert and rest and rest, and I would like to be Yongliang.
Liu Zhang has always been hard to predict. According to the established strategies of Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying, Jing Yi should have been resting for several years, but Liu Zhang dared to set up a large army into the Western Qiang, and then dared to go deep into the wilderness. It was really hard to predict that Liu Zhang would not dare to be with us.
The Northern Expedition before the unification of Yongliang.
If this happens, the situation in our army will be in danger. We must stop it."
"What do military advisors think?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Just like the seven heroes in the Warring States Period, Zhang Yi, Su Qin and Sima were scattered and beat each other. Now we must send people to Shu to stabilize Liu Zhang."
"Who will be sent?" Liu Bei frowned and thought.
"I'll go." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.
"What? The military advisor went in person?" Liu Bei said in surprise: "How can that be done? Now that the war is imminent, the military advisor is needed to provide advice, let alone Liu Zhang is extremely inferior, Jing Yi is a place where tigers and wolfs are my arm. I am afraid that Liu Zhang will harm him."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It's okay, now we are defeating Han Sui. Han Sui is already dispersed because of killing Ma Teng, and after his defeat, he is even more depressed.
Now our strength is comparable to Han Sui, with civil and military courage and strategy. It is far beyond Han Sui, the people's hearts, Jiang and Yang families and other major families support it. It is almost inevitable that the lord will defeat Han Sui, and the lord doesn't have to be too careful.
As for the safety issues of going to Shuzhong, Liang has his own sense of responsibility, so the lord doesn’t need to worry about it.”
"But……"
Looking at Liu Bei's doubts, Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son? Liang will definitely buy time for the lord to pacify Xiliang."
Liu Bei finally promised. Zhuge Liang leaned on the wooden cart: "Yueying, you have suffered so much. I am not by my side. This time, even if Liu Zhang kills me, I will come to see you."
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When the army returned to Chengdu, Liu Zhang did not enter the maid's mansion. He immediately entered the clinic and asked Zhang Zhongjing to treat Huang Yueying, but he only prescribed some maintenance medicines and could not recover.
It seems that I can only count on the Three-worms and snow grass.
"Travel the mission, summon civil and military personnel, and discuss the urgent opening of the Silk Road to the Western Regions."
"yes."
The soldier took the order and left. Fa Zheng's expression twisted. Fa Zheng had been treating the Zhu family because of poisoning the Zhu family. Now he has finally recovered, but he didn't expect that he would be cured and Huang Yueying was poisoned again.
"Lord, the Silk Road to the Western Regions is much harder to open than the Silk Road to the Du Luoyue. The road to the Du Luoyue has now been pacified, and Jiaozhou has also surrendered in name, and there are barbarians and Jiaozhou Shixie.
Helping to build roads save a lot of manpower and material resources and detection costs.
But there are countless Qiang and Di savages on the road to Kunlun. How can we pass through it? Should we conquer the Qiang and Di savages again?
The Qiang Di in western Shu is not the Southern Barbarians. These Qiang Di are completely uncultivated, and there are no large tribes. They are all scattered among poor mountains and rivers. There are no leaders, no gatherings, and no prestige. How can we attack?
Such Qiang and Di do not threaten us at all, but we have to spend a lot of financial, material and manpower to attack. Our subordinates feel that it is not worth it at all, and they cannot conquer them at all, and they cannot control them even if they conquer them."
"We can encourage the thirteen tribes of the Western Qiang to expand southwest and help us build a passage. Zhang Ren only needs support from the side." Liu Zhang said.
"It is a good idea to use Qiang to control Qiang, but has the lord thought about it. The Silk Road to the body poison is always a dangerous journey along the jungle, while the road to Chengdu to Kunlun has to pass through the cold plateau.
According to the news from the people who opened the mountain in Kangding Daying, there are mountains west of Kangding, with a heightened terrain, and snow all year round, making it difficult to breathe. In the Zhou Dynasty, Shu people tried to go out, but why did they abolish this road?
?It is because even if there is a road, no one will walk through it, which is even more difficult than crossing the desert.
Unless we set up a station along the way and consume huge financial and material resources, it is impossible to open it. The lord should make a long-term plan and let Zhang Ren slowly explore the Kangding Camp and focus on opening the road to the south first. Otherwise, the finance department will not be able to afford it.
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To the west of Sichuan is the tall Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the unclimbing roof of the world.
"Huh~~~"
Liu Zhang let out a long sigh, held his head and thought for a long time: "Xiaozhi, what would happen if we started the army now and attacked Xiliang?"
"Lord, you're not kidding?" Fa Zheng widened his eyes.
"I was not kidding. By occupying Xiliang, I could open up Yumen Pass, connect to the Western Regions, and reach Kunlun Mountain."
Fa Zheng finally understood why Liu Zhang was so anxious. He took a breath and said to Liu Zhang in a deep voice: "Lord, Fa Zheng understands your mood, but military is not a joke. The lord knows this very well.
Now that Western Liang Han Sui and Liu Bei are fighting, it seems that we can get a bargain, but if we really start the army, Han Sui Liu Bei and the major forces of Western Liang will inevitably unite to fight the enemy. Let's ask, Xiliang, there is a warlord and
Are we friendly?
Apart from the Western Qiang cavalry, we have no strength to fight against the Western Liang army. Infantry has no effect in Xiliang, where cavalry is crisscrossing, so what should we fight?
Moreover, once the army moves, food, grass and manpower will be mobilized on a large scale. The lord has been fighting in the Western Qiang for more than three months and fighting in the wilderness for half a year.
Fortunately, Jing Yi and his civil and military have worked hard to enrich the treasury, the people are working hard to farm, and the food and grass can pay for their expenses. They are already greedy for heaven, so there is enough food and grass to support the army."
Liu Zhang remained silent and sat on the chair without saying a word. Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang for a long time and said slowly: "Lord, Fa Zheng has never seen his lord so emotionally, but he has never seen his lord so attentively.
Fa Zheng can understand the lord's mood. In fact, he has to go to Kunlun Mountain to find the three insects and snow grass. There is no need to open the Silk Road, let alone conquer Xiliang. Fa Zheng has an easy way. We can send people to communicate with the residents on the plateau.
People can even be sent to communicate with residents of the Kunlun Mountains.
As long as we offer rewards enough for their interest, these locals and many profit-seeking people will help us? This is much easier than going to us ourselves."
Liu Zhang nodded slightly. He just felt worried about hiring others, so he sent a large number of people to collect herbs, so he felt at ease. But now, the latter obviously cannot do it.
"Okay, let's do it like this."
Liu Zhang sighed and suddenly asked, "Xiaozhi, I heard that Liu Bei defeated Han Sui in Yongzhou. This is something worth worrying about."
Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang in fear: "Lord, don't you still want to fight the Northern Expedition?"
Liu Zhang waved his hand: "I'm just asking, you know, I've always been afraid of Liu Bei. Now, in less than a year, I have defeated Han Sui and won the entire Yongzhou. If he was allowed to unify Xiliang, ours
It's a big trouble."
At this moment, a soldier came in: "Report to the lord, and the inn came to a letter saying that Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang would meet in Chengdu half a month later."
"What? Zhuge Liang is coming to Chengdu? Doesn't he want to live?" Liu Zhang grabbed the letter and opened it and saw that it was Zhuge Liang. He came to this world. Although he had been to Longzhong, which was burned by fire, he had never seen the world's number.
What about a wise man.
"Lord, aren't you worried about Liu Bei? And we are not capable of expeditioning the Northern Expedition yet, so why not listen to what Zhuge Liang said."
At this time, another soldier came to report, "Report to the lord, and the inn came to the poster to send a letter saying that the Grand Governor of the Eastern Wu who was negotiating the war in Xuchang was already leaving Xuchang and did not return to Dongwu. He came to Chengdu to meet him in half a month."
"Lu Su? What are he here to do?" Liu Zhang frowned.
Fa Zheng said: "Lu Su came so urgently. Is it related to Zhuge Liang? But what does Zhuge Liang's arrival have to do with Jiangdong?"
Fa Zheng was also a little confused.
"When they come, they will talk about it."
More than ten days later, before Zhuge Liang and Lu Su came, Shanyue people came first. A large number of Shanyue people invaded Guiyang. Jingzhou Governor Fan Lixiang urgently dispatched troops to meet the enemy, but Fan Lixiang was okay in charge of government administration, but military affairs were not at all. Jingzhou
Nowadays, there are few generals who can use it except the navy.
This time, the Shanyue people attacked, different from the past. They did not just rob and leave, but seemed to have to attack the city. With Fan Lixiang's ability, it was easy to block the Shanyue people, but it might be difficult to drive them away, which greatly affected the development of Jingzhou.
"Yueying is not in good health now, Xiaozhi, you go to Jingzhou."
Fa Zheng said: "Xiaozhi is willing to be ordered, but after his subordinates left, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su arrived, and these two men were sharp-tongued..."
Liu Zhang smiled and said, "Xiaozhi, don't worry. If you want to argue, the ten Liu Zhangs are not opponents of Zhuge Villageman, but I am still confident that they will be firm and unwavering." (To be continued
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