In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the ambitious Cao Cao was burned to a pulp by Zhou Yu in Chibi. He returned home defeated and lost the great opportunity to unify the world. The defeat in Chibi caused a major setback to his rising prestige. Later, Ma Chao started a rebellion in Guanzhong.
It restrained most of his energy and prevented him from going south. However, Cao Cao did not give up. He sent spies deep into Danyang and Yuzhang to encourage those who were unwilling to cooperate with Sun Quan to revolt, which caused great trouble to Sun Quan.
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Among them, Danyang Feizhan and Poyang Youtu were the two largest forces. Sun Quan sent people to suppress them many times but failed. In the end, He Qi and Lu Xun sent troops together to stabilize the situation. Need
From these two taking action together, you can imagine how tense the situation was at that time, and how much energy Fei Zhan and others had.
Wei Ba had long wanted to take advantage of Shanyue's power. The reason why he accepted Liao Li's suggestion and expanded the identity of the divine general from the master of Panhu Ancestor to other barbarian tribes was for this purpose. In Liao Li's words, this is called
Wouldn't it be great to lead the beast to devour Wu? Among the forces he wanted to conquer, Shan Yue was no less powerful than Wu Ling Man, and even stronger than Wu Hu Man. Now Fei Yang, the younger brother of Fei Zhan, the former Danyang Marshal, is not invited
It can be said that one has to walk through iron shoes to find nowhere, and it takes no effort to get here.
"Who are you?" Fei Yang looked at Wei Ba puzzledly. He had already noticed Wei Ba just now. Although this man was dignified, he was too young and was dressed very casually. He was still wearing armor on a hot day. It looked like
He was like a general who came to report to Xia Houxuan. However, seeing that he talked casually with Xia Houxuan, he was probably of high status, so although Fei Yang was displeased, he did not dare to be too negligent.
"He is General Fuyi, Governor of Wuling Wei Jun, also a famous divine general." Xia Houxuan introduced in a serious manner, suppressing his laughter.
Fei Yang was shocked and blurted out: "Are you the divine general?"
Wei Ba smiled: "Why, it doesn't look like it?"
"No..." Fei Yang was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say. After thinking for a moment, he turned over and prostrated, kowtowing repeatedly: "Fei Yang is blind and has offended the general. Please forgive me."
Wei Ba laughed loudly. He helped Fei Yang up and joked: "You must have thought that the divine general would have two horns, three heads and six arms. Now that you see an ordinary person like you, you will be a little disappointed."
Fei Yang shook his head in embarrassment: "It's just my poor eyesight. Please don't blame the general. However, what the general said is not bad. There are rumors outside. Although there is no double horn, three heads and six arms, in short, it is not ordinary."
people."
Everyone in the tent couldn't help laughing. Most of the people who came to see Wei Ba these days were so surprised. They were used to it.
After joking for a while, Fei Yang explained his purpose of coming. He heard that the Han and Wei forces were joining forces and were attacking the state of Wu. So he came all the way from the hinterland of Danyang Mountain, hoping to join the general and avenge his brother Fei Zhan.
"You probably want to see if this sealing ribbon is still useful, right?" Wei Ba picked up the sealing ribbon of Qichun Prefect. He looked at the two thousand stone official seal and said half-jokingly. Fei Yang was a little embarrassed. No.
He knew how to answer Wei Ba's words. Wei Ba gently put the seal ribbon back on the case, raised his head, and put away his smile: "Although Duke Cao is gone, I can answer you on behalf of Duke Cao. Of course this seal ribbon is useful.
, however, this only means that we still recognize the original promise, but it does not mean that we can let you be the governor of Qichun now, because Sun Quan may not be willing to give in. You should know how to truly become the governor of Qichun, otherwise, you will not
I came all the way here."
Fei Yang breathed a sigh of relief. "The divine general is indeed very discerning. My brother, Marshal You, and Marshal Peng are defeated, but their vitality is still there. As long as the divine general raises his arms, the mountains thousands of miles away will surely respond. Even if they cannot compete with Sun Quan A decisive battle on the battlefield can make him sleep and eat uneasily. I only hope that God will be able to convey our loyalty to heaven and prevent our blood from being shed in vain. We have nothing else to ask for."
Wei Ba secretly laughed in his heart, these people had formed a sworn knot with Sun Quan, and they were unwilling to kill him at their own risk, so they came to surrender. They said they had nothing to ask for, and the governor of a county was not a big deal.
"How many of you are there?" Wei Ba asked with concern: "How have you been living in the mountains these years? If you need anything from us, just ask."
"Including women, children, old and young, and millions of people, generally speaking, it's not bad." Fei Yang handed over his hands gratefully: "These years have indeed been difficult, and the peripheral losses have been huge. Since the death of several commanders, we have They retreated deep into the mountains. Although the Wu army was ferocious, they did not dare to go deep. There were slopes in the mountains where they could grow rice to support themselves, and they also had copper and iron to make weapons. They could live a comfortable life. It was just that they had no information and did not know the situation in the world and the tyranny of the Sun family. We are sad but unable to change, and our morale is relatively low. As soon as the news of the birth of the God General and the seven battles and seven victories reached the mountains, people were really excited. Everyone said that the remnants of the Sun family will not last long."
After listening to Fei Yang's introduction, Wei Ba was surprised and happy. He didn't expect Shanyue to have such a powerful force. As long as half of what Fei Yang said was true, it would be an unexpected surprise. These people are all within Sun Wu, The closest one is only a few hundred miles away from Wu County. The threat they pose to Sun Wu's regime can be imagined. This is really a real nuisance. Compared with them, Wuxi Barbarians and Wuhu Barbarians are really nothing. A real threat.
"I am very touched by your loyalty to the Han Dynasty. But you also know that the current situation is not optimistic. We do not have the strength to enter Yangzhou yet. If you can mobilize and attack Sun Wu, it may have an impact on the current war situation. Significant impact. Of course, you may have to pay heavy sacrifices, but I ask you to believe that justice prevails in people's hearts, and all your sacrifices will be worth it."
After hearing these words, Fei Yang was satisfied and bowed: "Don't worry, general. I will go back to contact the various ministries and listen to the general's orders. I hope the general will enter Jiangdong as soon as possible, go straight to his inner circle, wipe out Sun Wu, and let us live and work in peace and contentment." , share peace.”
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Zhuge Ke stood on the city wall, looking at the cleanly purchased rice fields outside, his face almost dripping with gloom. In just a few days, he had changed into a different person. He was no longer the high-spirited person who only thought about making achievements. He is a passionate young man who is worried about his own life. He feels the cruelty of the facts and is very angry.
He knew why he ended up in this situation. It was nothing more than a power struggle between the Jiangdong clique and the Jianghuai clique. No one wanted to see him, a young man from the Jianghuai clique, suddenly rise and achieve great success. In order to prevent him from succeeding, they would rather give up this A great opportunity to kill Wei Ba. In the face of family interests, the country is nothing. This is what he cannot accept the most.
He had no doubt that Zhu Ji used Lu Xun's order as an excuse. Lu Xun was the representative of Jiangdong warriors. After Bu Zhi and Lu Dai were defeated respectively, Lu Xun was the greatest strength of the Wu army in Jingzhou. Sun Quan sent Pan Jun to Changsha to take command. In battle, he is a deputy general in name. Assisting Lu Xun, in fact, there is also the purpose of decentralization. With Lu Xun's intelligence, it is impossible not to understand its purpose, and it is impossible not to take precautions. Zhuge Ke can understand his displeasure, but in To do such a thing at such a time can only be described as crazy.
Anger cannot solve any problem. Zhuge Ke now has to make plans for his own survival. He glanced at the lonely sky in the distance, sighed, turned around and walked down the city wall.
Xupu.
Lu Xun walked slowly across the field ridge with his hands behind his back. His eyes passed over the sweaty dark backs of the working people and drifted into the distance. His eyes were calm. There was no emotion at all, and there was even a little indifference. Lu Lan followed
Behind him, looking at the busy people, he said angrily: "Do you still want us to help him harvest? Return the grains to the warehouse and wait for his return?"
Lu Xun glanced at him and asked calmly: "What about your opinion?"
Lu Lan didn't say anything, but asked: "Are we still guarding Chenyang? How long will we stay?"
"Keep guarding until the king orders us to leave." Lu Xun smiled, "These grains are for us to eat. With more grain, we can hold on for a few more days. The army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first. This is why you
You shouldn’t not understand.”
"But..." Lu Lan hesitated. He felt very aggrieved. Capturing Chenyang and regaining control of Wuling was a great achievement, but Wei Ba didn't seem to care. He had already conquered Yan Pass but did not return reinforcements.
Chen Yang meant that he took people to Linhe instead. It seemed that Chen Yang was not lost, but just lent to them. They were not like enemies, but like friends. However, Lu Lan was not grateful for Wei Ba's "friendship"
No, Wei Ba's actions made their efforts look meaningless. What made him even more angry was that Sun Quan took advantage of their stay in Chenyang to send Pan Jun to Changsha, squeeze Zhou Li away, and then sent Zhuge Ke.
They invaded Guiyang, clearly intending to seize a large part of their military power from them. Pan Jun was the defeated general, and Zhuge Ke didn't understand anything. He had never fought in a battle and could only show off his words.
Lu Lan felt that Sun Quan would do anything to suppress the Jiangdong people.
"Make good use of this grain. Every grain of rice is borrowed and will be repaid in the future." Lu Xun said quietly, with a hint of unspeakable sadness.
"Return? Why return it?" Lu Lan said angrily.
"Because he has blocked our lifeline." Lu Xun said, with a sneer on his lips: "Originally, I was worried that Zhou Li was no match for him, but now that the king has sent Zhuge Ke, I feel relieved."
Lu Lan understood it and said nothing more.
Lu Xun raised his head, looked at the sky in the distance, and sighed softly. "Zhuge Liang is still clever. He turned harm into advantage and used an unruly opponent to such an extent that people have to admire him.
We are all inferior to him."
"I'm afraid that if he raises a tiger, he will regret it later." Lu Lan sneered.
"You underestimate Zhuge Liang. No matter how inferior Wei Ba is, how can he ignore his father and brother and openly become an enemy of Zhuge Liang? In fact, he is a very knowledgeable person. You can see that he has not broken with Zhuge Liang until now.
Stopping when enough is enough is something that is difficult for a young person to do. It is often the easiest to stand up and draw a sword, but it is the hardest to endure the humiliation and bear the burden."
Looking at Lu Xun's back, Lu Lan knew that Lu Xun was feeling something. Thinking of the humiliation Lu Xun had to endure for the prosperity of his family, he couldn't help but sigh to himself, and at the same time he was a little confused. Now the Wu Kingdom is in danger. If it declines, it may even die.