When Zhou Yu, who was raising troops in Baling, heard about this, he vomited blood again and took the initiative to ask his representative to act as the temporary governor. Lu Su also agreed to leave. However, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others rebelled against Shanyue, and the Jiangdong Army had just experienced the defeat of Hefei.
Because of this, Sun Quan tried his best to remonstrate with Sun Quan, but Sun Quan finally believed that Zhou Yu's illness had recovered and politely refused Zhou Yu's request for life.
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One year later.
With the cooperation of the barbarians and Jiaozhou Shixie, the Southwest Silk Road was opened quickly. It left Dianzhou in three months. After that, a large number of barbarians voluntarily entered the areas further south to open roads for wages.
In order to connect with the Han Dynasty, Luoyue Kingdom and Shendu Kingdom opened up from the other end. Half a year later, Luoyue Kingdom and Shendu Kingdom were successfully connected. The cone of the Southwest Silk Road was formed, and a large number of merchants, explorers, refugees, and monks began to walk on this road.
Kangding Daying Army settled in Zhancheng rice, and the trial planting was successful, and a large number of Zhancheng rice seeds were introduced to Jingyi.
In addition to the fertile fields with abundant water sources, there are areas such as eastern Shu, northern Shu, southern Shu, southern Xinjiang, Wuling, Lingling, and Wuxi and Nanzhong barbarous areas.
Under the supervision of He, Cai Ming and others, a large number of dry rice fields were developed.
The grain planting area in Jingyi has more than doubled, and high-yielding and easy-to-raise livestock and vegetables have been introduced, which has also greatly helped increase agricultural production.
With the opening of the Silk Road, the silk, porcelain, paper and other items of Jingyi merchants were successfully exported. Countries such as Shendu Luo and Yue purchased large quantities of paper, especially paper. Cars carrying thousands of kilograms of paper pages traveled on the Silk Road.
The price of these papers is more than ten times that of Shuzhong paper, but they are still very popular.
After the Shendu merchants purchased a large amount of products, they sold them exclusively to the Kushan Empire in the west. Merchants in Sichuan finally began to taste the dividends of the Silk Road.
Another result of the Silk Road was the entry of a large number of poisonous monks. These monks were two monks, one large and one small. They were treated politely by Liu Zhang, a powerful figure in Chengdu, so they braved the dangers and came from the southwest in large numbers.
The desolate forest enters the middle of Shu.
After the opening of the Silk Road, Buddhist churches began to send large numbers of believers to preach in Jingyi.
Nowadays, hard work is the accumulation of merit and the cultivation of destiny, and the concept that brave soldiers can reach the paradise after death. It is as deeply rooted in people's hearts as good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished. People who believe in Buddhism advocate hard work, even if they die from exhaustion.
Smiling because they are sure they will get good rewards in the next life.
Those lazy people, the young masters and young ladies who enjoy the glory and wealth will definitely have a miserable life in the next life.
Soldiers who believe in Buddhism can only go to the Western Paradise if they die in battle, otherwise they will fall into the hell soul. With this belief, the Sichuan army, which was already brave, is even more indomitable and not afraid of any war.
The introduction of Buddhism caused panic among Zhang Lu in Mount Emei. Although Tianshi Dao was not taken seriously by Liu Zhang before, it was still a dominant family. Zhang Lu had more than 100,000 followers.
However, with the introduction of Buddhism and the support of the government, a large number of people began to believe in Buddhism. Zhang Lu hurriedly asked his Taoist priests to spread local Taoism everywhere. For a while, Buddhism and Taoism formed a fierce competition for believers in Jingyi.
In order to gain support from the government, Taoism had to, like Buddhism, begin to change its concepts, believing that hard work and courage are two virtues of self-cultivation, and the idea of inaction was greatly weakened.
As an additional condition, the monks headed by Hongye, in addition to preaching, must also advertise the insect breeding in Nanzhong Yinyue Cave, saying that eating insects and other nutritious bugs will not only enhance physical fitness and longevity, but also provide these bugs with super health.
Crossing means doing good deeds.
The folk in Jingyi gradually developed the habit of raising and eating insects. As long as they can accept it in their hearts, these nutritious insects have greatly enriched the people's meat. Many poor people who used to be yellow-skinned and thin began to have ruddy vitality.
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Insect breeding makes up for the lack of meat, because people originally need enough meat, but livestock and poultry are difficult to raise. In addition, insects are rich in nutrients and supported by faith.
Eat healthily and feel good when you eat. A craze for insects quickly emerged in Jingyi. Numerous insect breeding methods were explored by the people. The craftsman's house also organized dedicated personnel to raise insects and improve the breeding methods.
Insects soon joined livestock and poultry in the carnivorous world, and the people's favorites were insects. They could only wait for a locust plague to break out and eat the locusts.
Liu Zhang followed Fa Zheng's method and sent people to the Western Regions to purchase Sanxue Cordyceps from the local people. Sure enough, the first batch of Cordyceps was shipped back to Chengdu six months later.
After Huang Yueying took it, her condition did not worsen and there were signs of improvement. However, the improvement was extremely slow. If this continued, she might not be able to return to half of her previous level in hundreds of years. Liu Zhang tried hard to think of other ways, and Zhang Zhongjing and other medical doctors worked hard.
But still have no clue.
Huang Yueying only regarded the military advisor as a martial arts master. Every day he taught Guan Yinping's sword skills, which followed him.
Practice hard.
In 204 AD, the period of internal affairs set by Huang Yueying for Liu Zhang was still one to two years away. Although he had experienced clan rebellions, the Battle of Xiqiang, and the Battle of Nanzhong.
However, due to the prosperity of commerce, the expansion of agriculture, the popularization of double-cropping rice, upland rice, advanced agricultural tools and farming methods, and the use of money to purchase large amounts of grain from Jiangdong and the north, Jing Yi is expected to be able to hoard enough military rations.
In the north, Cao Cao made further progress in the Northern Expedition. Taking advantage of the rivalry between brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, he conquered Nanpi. Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry killed Yuan Tan. The strength of the Yuan family was greatly damaged. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were in ruins in Jizhou, and the general situation in Hebei was set.
Liu Zhang and Huang Yue Xiao Furong held their wedding. On the occasion of the New Year, Jing Yi Wenwu was planning the commercial and agricultural plans for the new year, trying every means to store grain, and the war between Liu Bei and Han Sui in Xiliang was coming to an end.
This final war directly disrupted Jing Yi's internal affairs, and Liu Zhang had to advance the Northern Expedition.
Liu Bei went on an expedition to Xiliang, and Han Sui had strong support among the people in Xiliang. Although he was jealous of the warlords for killing Ma Teng, his strength was still huge. Liu Bei led Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and other counselors, and shut down Zhang, Zhao, Ma, Chen and other fierce generals. It took him a year to successfully capture the generals.
Han Sui was forced into a desperate situation.
Han Sui's 80,000-strong army was defeated one after another, and a large number of vassal warlords surrendered to Liu Bei. Han Sui was left with only about 30,000 people from his Eight Cavalry headquarters, who fled westward to the shore of Haizi Lake.
Liu Bei's army attacked from two directions, with Ma Chao on the left and Zhao Yun on the right, all outflanking Han Sui. The Chinese army Pang led the army to advance. Han Sui was forced into a desperate situation and fled into the vast poplar forest on the shore of Haizi Lake.
"Han Sui fled into the poplar forest, intending to stalemate with our army. Although Han Sui was defeated, he had been active in Xiliang for more than ten years. The trees were big and deep, and the remaining parties in Liangzhou were spread all over. If Han Sui did not die, our army would not be able to stabilize.
Therefore, our army must bring Han Sui to his head as soon as possible."
Pang Tong sat in the main seat and looked at the generals in the hall solemnly. Jiang Yin sat quietly with his head turned.
"Military advisor, Hu Ban, the last general, is willing to lead the army to capture Yang Shulin. If this battle is invincible, he is willing to serve as a military commander."
"At the end of the day, horses are willing to go."
All the generals asked for orders one after another.
Pang Tong pressed his hands and said: "The generals are brave and lead the army to attack, and they will definitely break through the poplar forest. But have you seen that the poplar forest is on a higher ground and is in a swooping position? Our army went up and attacked from the rear, and Han Sui's cavalry swooped down.
Our army will suffer heavy casualties.
Now that Han Sui is a lost dog, he is not worthy of us using so many troops. Our brave soldiers must remain in the battle with Cao Cao and Liu Zhang."
"The military advisor must have thought of some clever plan."
"That's natural, everyone, look." Pang Tong asked the soldiers to unfold the map, "The poplar forest is close to Haizi Lake, with the sea to the west, General Zhao Yun to the north, General Ma Chao to the south, and our main force to the east. Han Sui was unable to fly.
But in the narrow area next to Haizi Lake, there is a reed swamp that leads directly to the poplar forest. If we attack the poplar forest from this place, Han Sui will be surprised and we will be able to kill Han Sui's army in one fell swoop."
"The general will ask for your orders."
"The last general is willing to attack the reed swamp."
Pang Tong smiled and said: "This move is of great importance. It is also the last battle to defeat Han Sui. Our military division should personally direct the surprise attack."
Pang Tong and Jiang Yin led Liu Bei's soldiers into the reed marsh. Jiang Yin whispered to Pang Tong: "Sir, did Han Sui really not expect that we would enter from the reed marsh?"
"It's hard to say." Pang Tong said: "Han Sui is known as the Fox of Xiliang. Logically speaking, he should set up fire soldiers in the reed swamps. However, as a fox, his talents are mostly used in intrigues. In terms of tactics, he is far from a fox.
, maybe I really didn’t stay here.
No matter what, if we enter the reed marsh and Han Sui doesn't light the fire, we will light it ourselves."
"Isn't this too risky?"
"Han Sui is very influential in Xiliang, no less than Ma Chao. He escaped from the reed swamp and had no choice but to defect to Xiqiang. It will be of great help to the lord of Shu in his northern expedition. It is worth taking a little risk."
Liu Bei's army went deep into the reed swamp, and suddenly countless rockets rained down on Liu Bei's army. Then there were loud shouts of killing, and the reed swamp ignited a raging fire. Pang Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Han Sui had some brains and did not let himself take risks.
The fire broke out. Pang Tong and Jiang Yin ignored the army and fled to Haizi Lake. Liu Bei's army was in chaos in the fire. A large number of Xiliang cavalry rushed out from the reed swamp and overwhelmed Liu Bei's army. Liu Bei's army fled back in a hurry, but Han Sui's army was unable to pursue them.
He left his house and followed the defeated Liu Bei's army and rushed towards the defense line outside the reed swamp.
"Sir, the Xiliang army has passed." Pang Tong and Jiang Yin were lying in the mud on the shore of Haizi Lake. Jiang Yin whispered to Pang Tong.
"There are only less than 10,000 interceptors outside. With these defeated troops, if Han Sui still can't rush out, there will be no one to blame."
Pang Tong grabbed a handful of reeds and lit them on fire. He handed them to Jiang Yin and said, "Come, burn me."
"Ah?" Jiang Yin looked at Pang Tong blankly.
"Burn it if I tell you. It's already ugly enough anyway. It doesn't matter if it gets a little more ugly. As long as it doesn't burn to death, hurry up."
Jiang Yin finally understood what Pang Tong meant and lit Pang Tong's clothes and hair on fire. The fire ignited on Pang Tong's body. Pang Tong screamed in pain. He couldn't stand it anymore and jumped into the lake, waiting for Jiang Yin to drag him up.