Although Li Yan was unconvinced, he had to admit that Zhuge Liang's methods were clever, which at least prevented him from finding any problems in officialdom.
If we want to transfer Meng Da from Nanyang to Guanzhong, we should naturally discuss it with Wei Ba first. This reason makes sense, but it does not work in reality. Wei Ba is in the East China Sea, and it is said that he is leading the navy to sail and is floating on the sea.
How can you say that you can just look for it? Even if someone is in Guangling and official documents are exchanged, it won't be done in less than two months. If Zhuge Liang continues to stir things up, there's no telling when the matter will be completed.
Recruiting war horses from Liangzhou and forming cavalry is also a matter of drinking poison to quench thirst. It does not mean that with war horses, there will be cavalry. Most of the people in Guanzhong who can be cavalry were taken away by Wei Yan, and the rest were given to Zhao.
Guang, Li Yan currently has less than a thousand bodyguards and cavalry under his command.
, this was a gift left by Wei Ba for him, otherwise he wouldn’t even be able to equip his bodyguards and cavalry. Most of the people in Guanzhong are from Hanzhong, so farming is no problem, and they are more than enough to serve as infantry, but barely enough to serve as cavalry. If you want to quickly organize
For cavalry, it is necessary to recruit suitable cavalry and even cavalry generals from Longyou.
So, are the cavalry formed still Li Yan's cavalry? He has no foundation in Longyou. On the contrary, Zhuge Liang's protégé Jiang Wei is from Tianshui.
Li Yan now fully understood Zhuge Liang's scheme, but he was helpless. He asked to go to Guanzhong on his own initiative, Zhuge Liang did not force him to come. He didn't want Jiang Wei in Guanzhong, so Zhuge Liang transferred Jiang Wei to Dunhuang, and everything went as he wanted.
His wish would be difficult to explain if he still complained to Zhuge Liang.
After all, his skills are still inferior to others. In Chengdu, he could not defeat Zhuge Liang; after leaving Chengdu, he still could not defeat Zhuge Liang.
If you have a bad move, don't do anything.
Li Yan now misses his time in Chengdu. If there was any problem at that time, he could still discuss it with Ma Di. Now Ma Di is also in Chengdu, thousands of miles apart. Even if he writes a letter, it will take more than half a month to come and go.
It's simply not as convenient as face-to-face consultation. Li Feng has an average mind and doesn't
What good advice? Cheng An is mature, good at accounting, and a good helper, but at most he is on par with Yang Yi. Zhao Su is a bit resourceful, but too lazy and not proactive enough. The most important thing is that they both have a lot of connections with Wei Ba.
Even though there are only a few connections, you may not be willing to help him wholeheartedly.
Li Yan knew the reason for today's situation, but it was too late to regret it. Even Wei Ba, who was far away in the East China Sea, saw the danger. How could he not know the dilemma he was about to face. If Cao Wei wanted to capture Guanzhong, he would
What to do to deal with it? Tongguan
With Chen Xiang, a member of the Wei family, guarding Pu Ban, it’s not a big problem, but how can he defend Pu Ban? Yes, he can go there in person. He has enough infantry and enough ordnance. Guarding Pu Ban is not a big problem, but if the Wei army uses cavalry
What about the speed of entering the customs from other directions?
He did not have enough cavalry as a mobile force, nor enough infantry to defend Guanzhong. If he wanted to defend Guanzhong, he would have more than enough ambition but not enough power.
The four fortresses in Guanzhong are indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. The problem is that without enough troops, Guanzhong cannot be defended.
Zhuge Liang left him a mess, and he snatched it away like a treasure. When he thought of this, Li Yan wanted to slap himself twice.
It's a pity that even if his face is swollen, he can't solve the problem at hand. He originally wanted to transfer Meng Da to Guanzhong to help him, but now Zhuge Liang has vetoed it, so he can only think of another way.
Li Yan thought about Wei Ba's previous reminder again. More than a month ago, he received a letter from Wei Ba, who reminded him that Wei might intend to retake Guanzhong and that Guanzhong was facing a major crisis. He also expected that Li Yan had no cavalry.
, the unfavorable factor of having a weak foundation in Guanzhong - precisely because of his
Reminder, Li Yancai wanted to transfer Meng Da to Guanzhong. In addition, Wei Ba also recommended several people to Li Yan. In Li Yan's view, these people were not as considerate as Meng Da, so Li Yan put them aside first and did not
After all, now that Meng Da couldn't come, he had to reconsider Wei Ba's suggestion.
Among the people recommended by Wei Ba was Liao Hua.
What Li Yan finds most incredible is Liao Hua, because Liao Hua and Wei Ba have almost no contact. If there is a relationship, it is that Liao Hua once served as Guan Yu's chief clerk, that's all, and Liao Hua later had nothing to do with the Guan family.
Although they had no contact with each other, they were very close to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhuge Liang single-handedly promoted Liao Hua to serve as the prefect of Fufeng.
Wei Ba recommended Liao Hua, and Li Yan thought about it and thought that if they didn't have some unknown secret, it was Wei Ba who suggested that he poach people from the people left by Zhuge Liang. Wei Ba himself did this, and Ma Di turned out to be the prime minister.
Confidant Deng Zhi was originally a supporter of the Prime Minister, but was successfully poached by Wei Ba. Wei Ba suggested that he do the same, which was not impossible.
Li Yan would think so because in addition to Liao Hua, Wei Ba also recommended Huo Yi. If there is a possibility that Liao Hua has a secret affair with Wei Ba, then Huo Yize has nothing to do with Wei Ba. He absolutely
He is a supporter of the Prime Minister.
After much consideration, Li Yan decided to go to the west in person and interview Liao Hua. In addition, he also wanted to exchange views with Longshan guards Zhao Guang, Zhang Jiao, and Xiaoguan guard Chen Shi. Even if he couldn't get them
Even with their help, we can't let them become a weakness.
Before leaving, he found Fu Qian and entrusted him with the affairs of Chang'an. Fu Qian followed him very early, and later followed Li Feng to guard Jiangling. When Li Feng came to Guanzhong, he also brought Fu Qian over, and he was regarded as his
of
Confidants. Li Yan wanted to go west, and Li Feng wanted to stay in Chang'an. However, Li Yan knew what level Li Feng was and was worried about it, so he asked Fu Qian to be his assistant. Fu Qian is now Zhonglang General in the East Expedition, and has joined the army in the General's Mansion.
After explaining the affairs of Chang'an, Li Yan rushed to Fufeng with his bodyguard and cavalry.
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Wei Ba rode on the war horse presented by Tian Fu, facing the rising autumn wind, and galloped towards Bailang Mountain.
Fa Miao was wearing a suit of soft leather armor and followed closely behind him. Dunwu led 20 soldiers, galloping in front and behind. Wang Shuang rode a tall horse with a hundred heavy armored men who were skilled in riding skills.
Soldiers, stay on guard fifty steps on either side of Wei Ba.
In addition to the mounts, everyone also carries a saddle horse. The saddle horse carries food, weapons, and armor. Compared with the riding horse, the saddle horse carries a slightly lighter load and can better maintain physical strength.
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When Wei Ba came to the East China Sea, most of his soldiers, except for some of the Wei family's soldiers and the Wu army's surrendered soldiers, were former pirates. ***, these people lived on the sea, and of course they depended on the sea to eat, and their diet included a lot of seafood.
, especially all kinds of fish. Pirates don’t live a wealthy life, so they can’t throw away the fish’s internal organs. This also has a very good effect: pirates have almost no night blindness.
The pirates didn't know the reason, but Wei Ba knew that it was the function of cod liver. It is very common for people in later generations to take cod liver oil for health care. Cod liver oil is rich in vitamin A and vitamin D, which is good for preventing and treating night blindness.
The curative effect. After Wei Ba arrived at sea, he had a large source of raw materials, so he forced all his soldiers to eat cod liver oil. He set an example. As long as he caught fish, he basically didn't use the food he carried with him.
The result of this is that the soldiers have good eyesight, especially night vision, and they have seafood to eat every day. This is a good thing that ordinary soldiers could not imagine before, and it also greatly helps to improve their physical fitness. Not only this is the case for people,
Even the war horses took advantage of it.
Due to space issues, Wei Ba brought only a limited number of war horses this time. He only brought a total of more than 200 horses for the Wei family soldiers to ride. This is actually to protect Wei Ba as quickly as possible in case of defeat.
Of course, they cannot be treated badly in order to escape dangerous situations at high speed. To a certain extent, these war horses are better fed than ordinary soldiers.
Although Wei Ba was not a professional in animal husbandry in his previous life, he also knew that adding a certain amount of protein to animal feed would help ensure the nutrition of animals. Compared with eating pure grass, a war horse fed with mixed feed would be much stronger, not to mention at sea.
It is much easier to obtain protein than fodder, so it is reasonable for these war horses to eat mixed feed mixed with fish meal and soybeans.
More than two hundred fat and strong war horses were running on the endless grassland, and everyone was inexplicably excited. Although they were taken out for an hour every day on the boat, no matter how big the boat was, they could not compare with the grassland.
B. Smelling the slightly cold autumn wind, these war horses suddenly woke up, each with their heads held high and their hooves high, full of energy. If the cavalry on their backs hadn't deliberately controlled their speed, they might have galloped at full speed.
"The horse power is good. Even if we encounter an enemy that we cannot defeat, we can still escape." Wei Ba gently pulled the reins of his horse and galloped side by side with Fa Miao. The scenery in front of him made him feel relaxed and happy, both physically and mentally.
"What the general said is absolutely true." Fa Miao looked at the junction of heaven and earth in the distance with alert eyes. It was he who urged Wei Baxing to hunt Bailang Mountain. Although after careful calculation, he believed that there would be no danger, he still
Don’t dare to relax. Such as
If Wei Ba makes any mistakes, then his life will be over. "Although Guanqiu Jian has been retreating for five days, he is a cavalryman. He can come and go like the wind, and he can travel hundreds of miles a day. If he disregards his life, he wants to fight with the general."
Whether we live together or die together, we still cannot be careless.”
"Hey, the sky is blue, the fields are vast, and the wind blows and the grass is low before you can see the cattle and sheep. We are walking in a sea of grass, and we deliberately took a detour. Unless he is extremely unlucky, or Guanqiu Jian is extremely lucky, otherwise
Even if he wants to ambush me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to collide head-on."
"Having said that, it's better to be careful." Fa Miao agreed with Wei Ba's opinion, but still insisted on his own idea. "There are Wuhuan people near Bailang Mountain. If anyone happens to find our traces, please inform us
Without Guan Qiu Jian, it is still very dangerous."
Wei Ba laughed heartily. He turned his head and looked at Fa Miao: "Bo Yuan, I actually have some expectations. If Guan Qiu Jian doesn't come, wouldn't it be exciting enough?"
Fa Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "General, I prefer safety over excitement. We'd better go back quickly and hunt around Bailang Mountain for a long time and return immediately to avoid any accidents."