Chapter 32 Chapter 6 Grain and Grass were robbed and in trouble, rushing to make a big drum and making a strange plan
In May, the weather is unbearably hot, as if it is about to start a fire. The oxtail trees on the slope are decorated with incandescent sunlight, and the shiny green leaves are like silver pieces hanging in front of the wedding dress of a girl in Nanzhong, swaying in the wind.Because it is the flowering period, clusters of tender white and green oxtail flowers are in full bloom, and they are sunny-loving. They face the red sun wantonly, like thirsty wells, engulfing the sun.
On the mountain road, an army is advancing sluggishly, like a turbid stream with too thick mud and sand. Every step is exhausted. ox cart.The road is too rough, the wheels of the car are too bumpy, and the heavy cloth bag is often knocked off the car.The soldiers had no choice but to jump out of the car, picked up the cloth bag weighing a hundred catties and threw it on the car, pulled two cowhide belts from the four corners of the car board, and tied them hard.
This turned out to be the food escort team.
The slope is full of shade, and the tall trees and low shrubs form a thick green ocean. It is impossible to tell from the outside that there are hundreds of barbarian men hiding here with horn knives hanging from their waists. There is sweat on their bare backs. The strings rolled down, but no one made a sound.
Long Youna was lying on a oxtail tree with luxuriant foliage, stuck his head out from among the dense branches, and imitated a bird song.
The food escort team was already approaching, there were more than five hundred people, and the pawns holding the banner rode in front of him on horseback.
"Dogman!" Long Youna rubbed his hands, turned his hands away, pulled out the horn knife from the back of his waist, and whistled loudly.
In an instant, the barbarian man who was ambushing in the mountains jumped out shouting, and cut hundreds of moons in the sky with his shiny horn knife.
"There is an ambush!" Shu Jun exclaimed.
The panicked Shu army raised their heads, and the shadows flying like wings swayed in the sky, shaking the sky to the ground, and their vision instantly became as dark as the sunset in the evening.
Did they fly down from the sky?The Shu army was in a daze of fear, and countless barbarians descended from the sky, uttering strange shouts, like terrible spells, and the stern voices and lightning-fast figures fell together.
The Shu army was crowded on the narrow mountain road. The team was drawn into a line and separated from each other by the heavy grain carts. They couldn't use their hands and feet at all.
The barbarian's skill was really too fast, surrounded by a group of dazzling shadows of madness, many soldiers had half of their arms cut off before they could react, and the blood sprayed on the cloth bag containing the luggage, and soon soaked a large amount of red.
Long You pulled a vine with a thick wrist and swung it back and forth, suddenly lowering the knife to slash the enemy, and suddenly pulling up to look into the distance. He is the commander of the entire battle and needs to always overlook the overall situation.
The Shu army's food security team has fallen into an unstoppable chaos. The barbarians have a unique geographical advantage, and they are all agile, fierce and brave. Like a preying goshawk, they first look down on their prey in the sky, and often swoop down after spotting their prey. , a hit.
As soon as Long You let go, he landed briskly in front of a grain cart. The shaft of the cart had been cut off, and the cart full of grain, fodder and supplies had been turned over. In front of the damaged cart was a bloody Shu army soldier.
Long Youna gritted Bai Shengsheng's teeth, wiped the horn knife on his buttocks, and pierced the soldier's throat, the tip of the knife was only three inches away, but suddenly froze.
It was a young soldier, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Nen Cui's face was smeared with blood, his two big round eyes were full of fear and hatred, his hands were tightly clutching a knife, trembling, While whimpering some vague slogan, as if to embolden himself.
How young, at his age, he is not qualified to go to the river to sing with the woman he likes, and he cannot receive the corolla made by his sweetheart. The chicks should wait for the warm comfort in the nest, and should not take the risk of flying out to fight the sky.
Long You couldn't make a move, and slowly retracted the horn knife that was stretched out. He said a sentence in Chinese: "Go back and find your mother!"
He turned his back, but heard a "plop" sound from behind, he thought that the soldier was going to sneak attack him, he swung his knife around, but a blood-red coldness flooded his vision.The little soldier fell to the ground, blood gushed out from the back of his head, like a bouquet of flowers suddenly blooming, gorgeous but desperate.He still held that knife until his death, the blade was as new as if it had never been used.
"Long Youna, why didn't you kill him?" There was a shirtless man standing on the grain truck, it was his childhood friend Ah Meng, the horn knife in his hand was dripping with blood.
Long You was stunned: "He is still a young boy."
Ah Meng spat at him: "Fart, he is Han!" He jumped out of the car neatly, slapped Long Youna on the shoulder, "Don't be soft-hearted!"
Long Youna didn't know if he answered or not, he rushed out with Ah Meng, but couldn't help but look at the dead Han boy.He just quietly crawled in the pool of blood, resting his pillow on the knife that he couldn't swing, tightly covering his forever childish face.
The wind whistled overhead, and the oxtail trees all over the mountain swayed, as if they couldn't bear the strong smell of blood, the opened leaves and flowers fell towards the cold place in the shade.
The gate of the Chinese army's camp passed behind him like a frightened bird, Yang Yi rolled off his horse, scaring a group of soldiers to surround him and shouted in a panic: "Yang Canjun!" Yang Yi struggled to get up, but she didn't have time to tidy up the tattered robe, one of her feet was sprained, and she forgot the pain long ago, just casually wiped her face. He almost rushed into the tent of the Chinese army, Zhuge Liang was talking to the envoy from Chengdu, when he saw Yang Yi covered in blood, he was startled. Yang Yi breathed out and said: "Prime Minister, the grain and grass have been robbed..." After saying a few words, tears burst out. Zhuge Liang stood up abruptly, accidentally flipped over the documents on the case, and slid down, spreading out into a gray cloud. The two grain detaining teams of the Shu Han were ambushed by the barbarians, half of the thousand people died, and all the tens of thousands of shi of grain were robbed.Yang Yi was in charge of food and supplies, and originally followed the second grain escort team, if not for his own soldiers desperately defending him, he would have died long ago. The Shu army had just crossed Lushui, before the barbarians saw their base camp, they were ambushed by the barbarians, their food and supplies were gone, and 500 soldiers died. The situation was much more difficult and dangerous than imagined. Ever since Yang Yi risked his death to report the letter, Zhuge Liang hadn't closed his eyes for twenty hours. He had to comfort the wounded soldiers, check the remaining grain and grass in the warehouse, personally direct the warehouse officer to use small dendrobium to distribute grain to each battalion, and he also had to reply to the emergency orders sent from Chengdu. Official documents, thinking about the strategy of the southern expedition, I am so tired that I have forgotten what sleep is, I don’t know the morning and evening, and I don’t have time to drink water.Xiu Yuan saw that he was too busy to remember to eat, so he went to the camp kitchen to bring him meals, but he didn't care to eat, he always let the meals become cold and hard, lunch turned into dinner, and dinner turned into breakfast .Xiuyuan had no choice but to remind him several times, Zhuge Liang finally understood, but he didn't have any appetite, and he was afraid of wasting food, so he forced Xiuyuan to eat. The remaining food is only enough for half a month. It is not impossible to transfer urgently from Chengdu, one is the long distance, and the other is that even if it is transported, it may be ransacked by the barbarians. After all, it is in the unfamiliar Nanzhong, and the barbarians have an advantage over them.The barbarians use high mountains as barriers and forests as their lairs. They are good at guerrilla warfare and often attack by surprise. When you mobilize your troops to encircle and suppress them, they cross mountains and ridges and disappear in deep valleys without a trace. The night is very deep, the night in Nanzhong is too cold, the wind blows from the depths of the forest, carrying the vicissitudes of hundreds of millions of years, it seems to be the oldest memory of this planet, brewing a cold vitality, in the vast starry sky The night rises like a tide. The lights in the tent flickered uncomfortably. After Zhuge Liang sat on the desk, a volume of documents spread out in front of him. It was an official document from Chengdu Shangshutai. He had read it many times, and when he closed his eyes, many irritating words flashed in front of his eyes. Coming and going, like a difficult and annoying dream. The cause of the incident was that Wang Chong, the general of Li Yan's department guarding Yong'an, fled to Wei State suddenly. Some said that he was forced to leave by Li Yan, and some said that he defected to Meng Da, the prefect of the new city of Wei State. It's good to have a family, and it's hard to say if there is some ulterior connection between them.Amidst the voices, Liao Li, Lieutenant of Changshui School, went to Liao Chen to criticize Li Yan for being suspected of having relations with the enemy. Li Yan denied it, insisted that Wang Chong's defection had nothing to do with him, and accused Liao Li of slandering the government.The matter was brought up to the emperor, and the emperor sent the matter to Shangshutai, who then transferred it to Zhuge Liang who was far away in Nanzhong. Zhuge Liang was the backbone of the Shu Han imperial court. Wherever he went, the hub of the state machine would be there. Even if he was far away in the miasma-ridden South China, the official documents from Chengdu still flew into the Chinese military tent like snowflakes. Small affairs still require him to make up his mind.Some people questioned his greed for power, while others lamented his excessive pursuit of perfection. Everything has to go through his hands and his review before he can rest assured. Xiu Yuan stared at Zhuge Liang for a long time, the light reflected Zhuge Liang's slightly protruding cheekbones, and there was a thick shadow under the corner of his lips, which seemed to be a circle thinner than the previous few days.Xiuyuan felt more and more distressed, and asked quietly: "Sir, do you want to eat?" Zhuge Liang didn't seem to hear it, he caressed the document lightly, pondering, thinking, and seemed to be in a trance, confused. The light dimmed slightly, and Zhao Zhi walked in. Instead of saluting respectfully like the other staff, he walked leisurely to Zhuge Liang, sat down in front of him, stared at Zhuge Liang's face for a while, and said abruptly: : "Twenty-three hours." Zhuge Liang was startled: "Huh?" Zhao Zhi lightly explored the copper goblet on the case, and it was very cool: "The prime minister has twenty-three hours without eating, drinking, or sleeping." Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing: "Is it so long?" Zhao Zhi poured out the water in the copper cup, and called Xiuyuan to refill the warm water, and held it to Zhuge Liang himself, Zhuge Liang caught it with a smile, and took a sip in his favor. Zhao Zhi blinked: "Have you thought about it?" "Almost." Zhuge Liang said lightly. "Meng Huo's camp is set up on Baiya Mountain, which is thousands of feet high. The southern mountain is a cliff, and the northern mountain is a jungle. The mountains are high and the road is dangerous. How does the prime minister want to conquer it?" "After three days, we will see the result." "What about the food and grass?" "It will also be three days later." Zhao Zhi looked at Zhuge Liang as if he didn't know him: "You are not human." He put his hands on the desk and moved closer to see Zhuge Liang's eyes more clearly, but he still felt that he couldn't see clearly. It is well water that cannot be seen to the bottom. "Twenty-three hours to solve all the difficult things one by one, you are too scary!" Zhuge Liang looked indifferent: "No, not everything has been resolved." He stared at Zhao Zhi and smiled, "I have something to trouble Duke Yuan." Zhao Zhi sighed in annoyance: "May I find you food and fodder for the three armies?" Zhuge Liang smiled and took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve, dusted it lightly, and handed it to Zhao Zhi: "Our army's rations have been plundered, so we have no choice but to get food locally. Although it can only relieve temporary worries, it is better than wasting time and doing nothing , so, Duocheng Yuan Gong worked hard." Zhao Zhi grabbed it and lamented: "Last Emperor, Late Emperor, did I have an enmity with you in previous lives, and you have caused me suffering!" He hurriedly cupped his hands, sighed and walked away. Zhuge Liang smiled lightly, his eyes fell on the open document again, his smile dried up in an instant, he raised his hand to close the document, and a stern voice said in his heart: put it away first. Then put it aside, he rolled up the document, tied the Wei rope, and handed it to Xiu Yuan, but his mind was already drifting to another matter: "Have you mailed the letter to Pu Yuan?" "It was sent out the day before yesterday." "Then he can get here within three days." Zhuge Liang said firmly, things fell to the ground like shaking lice, the heaviness in his mind was slightly relieved, but the fatigue of his body became clear.He suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and his consciousness, which had been stagnant in business for a long time, turned slowly to the painful body. The pain endured.
The moonlight shines on the Baiya Mountain, creating a dreamlike and dreamlike confusion, the vast frost dyes the deep forest white, and an unknown call wafts out with the wind in the depths of the forest, like the footsteps of ghosts. Looking down from the top of the mountain, Meng Huo saw that the camp of the Shu army was covered by a large tract of virgin forest, and the faint lights were hidden in the darkness like prying eyes.He once sent some skilled barbarian scouts to check the camps of the Shu army. When the scouts came back, they said that Zhuge Liang deployed his troops well, that the camps were in order, and that there were sentry towers on all four sides of the gate.The scouts were spotted by the sentries before they reached the edge of the camp. If they didn't run fast, they might have been shot into hedgehogs by the crossbowmen of the Shu army. The cumbersome military formations of the Han people were incomprehensible to the barbarians, and the well-arranged five camps in the south, east, west, north, and center confused the barbarians even more. It was like an impenetrable maze in the dense forests of the south, center, which aroused both curiosity and fear. Meng Huo and Zhuge Liang had been looking at each other for half a month. Ever since Zhuge Liang crossed Lushui and approached Baiya step by step, Meng Huo knew that the barbarians and the Shu army had little chance of winning in a head-to-head confrontation, so he repeatedly sent surprise troops to attack and intercepted the Shu army. The food and grass, beheaded hundreds of soldiers of the Shu army.Originally thought that this unexpected deterrence would deter the Shu army. After all, without food supplies, the Shu army could not survive in Nanzhong.However, the Shu army not only did not retreat, but instead stood still, as if they had planted their roots in the soil of Nanzhong, and since then it has become a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves in Nanzhong. Although the Shu army stationed troops in Nanzhong, they did not see Zhuge Liang leading troops to attack Baiya. The Shu army only practiced, collected firewood, cooked, and rested every day. "What exactly is Zhuge Liang going to do?" Meng Huo was confused. "He won't resign himself to failure," Chiu Chi said, "how can he give up if he hasn't suffered a serious injury?" "so what should I do now?" "The only way is to transfer him out of the barracks, lead him into the valley and jungle, and annihilate him in one fell swoop!" Meng Huo said in embarrassment, "I'm afraid he won't come out. Han people are always cunning, and Zhuge Liang is even more cunning than ordinary Han people." Ji Mou thought: "Zhuge Liang's grain and grass were plundered by us. If he wants to stay in Nanzhong for a long time, he will definitely try to transport grain. Let the yak breed and the big cow breed to rob the grain and grass to create momentum. Zhuge Liang We will definitely mobilize all the troops, and we will take advantage of his division of troops and go straight to his camp to capture him in one fell swoop." "Is it possible?" Meng Huo hesitated. After thinking about it for a while: "Let's take a gamble." Meng Huo thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of a decent way: "Okay, let's take a gamble." He looked up at the sky with a heavy heart, but the moon hid among the clouds, and the sky and the earth were swallowed by deep darkness.
Xiuyuan ran out from the military hall where the smoke was rising, holding a pottery pot in both hands, because it was too hot, he wrapped it in two towels, walking on the road, smelling it, the gluttons in his stomach screamed. Before we reached the Zhongjun camp, I saw a dozen or so soldiers holding food utensils, eating deliciously, and chattering around General Gong Lu at the same time.A few days ago, Zhao Zhi led a battalion of soldiers to search for edible things in the mountains and forests of Nanzhong. Within a few days, they found countless food to satisfy their hunger, temporarily alleviating the food shortage of the three armies.Many soldiers ate the weird Nanzhong wild game, while beating a snare drum in their hearts, they couldn't help being curious, asking around for details, but the tense atmosphere before the war was relaxed. "General Gong, what kind of dish is this?" A soldier picked up the yellow dish from the pottery pot and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it until it was crispy. The good-tempered Gong Lu has always been in harmony with the soldiers. He has a haha face, and his face is full of light when he smiles. Even his beard is covered with the brilliance of the smile. It is a unique dish that cannot be passed on outside.” "What is your name?" Gong Lu planned to make the joke more thorough, and said solemnly: "Zhuge Cai." It was clearly nonsense, but the soldiers believed it and nodded their heads in admiration, saying that the prime minister really had the ability to find such refreshing vegetables in the poisonous Nanzhong, which solved the food shortage for the soldiers of the three armies. Xiu Yuan almost burst out laughing, but Gong Lu found him and winked at him, Xiu Yuan understood, and he held back his smile without revealing it. "General, what about this dish?" another soldier asked. The more Gong Lu pretended to be knowledgeable, he enthusiastically resolved doubts for the soldiers. The more convincing he was, the more the soldiers believed it. Xiuyuan couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and ran away with a smile, he rushed into the tent of the Chinese army, before "Sir" could yell out, as if he had been shocked by an electric shock, he was taken aback suddenly, and subconsciously pulled Tao Ou into his arms pull. The tents of the Chinese army were full of heads, Zhang Yi, Ma Dai and others surrounded Zhuge Liang, and Pu Yuan, who had just rushed to the barracks in the morning, was also there.Pairs of eyes were like strings piercing through, pulling towards Xiuyuan.Xiu Yuan blushed inexplicably, and really wanted to hide Tao Ou, but it was too late. Seeing Xiu Yuan holding the steaming utensils, Ma Dai teased, "Brother Xiu Yuan, are you stealing food again?" Xiu Yuan smiled awkwardly: "Ah, I, I..." He ran away in a panic, and only took two steps. Ma Dai stopped him with one step, and used a trick to snatch Tao Ou alive .He lifted the lid, and the pot was full of hot soup. It turned out to be stewed chicken with bamboo fungus, and the aroma kept coming out. "Oh, it's terrible," Ma Dai said in surprise, "You are too bad, the soldiers of the three armies are starving, but you steal delicious food, you have too dark a heart!" Xiuyuan was ashamed and angry at the same time, he really wanted to explain, but he couldn't utter a word, so he said in a temper: "Give it back to me!" Ma Dai hooked up with him: "I don't want to return it!" He greeted everyone, "Come on, let's share the food, don't let Xiuyuan boy monopolize the food!" Xiu Yuan said angrily, "Give it back to me!" Zhuge Liang suddenly shouted: "It's shameful to fight with the general, step aside!" Xiuyuan was so wronged that he was almost in tears, but he didn't dare to argue. He lowered his head and walked aside. While arranging the paperwork full of grievances, he glanced at Tao Ou in Ma Dai's hand. Zhuge Liang didn't look at him either, and said calmly: "Let's get down to business." He said to Pu Yuan, "How long will it take to complete all the artifacts that Shicai and Xuanzheng talked about?" Pu Yuan calculated carefully: "At least half a month." "Can't it be faster?" "I used to make knives on the north bank of the Lushui River, but now I have moved to the south bank. The water on the north and south banks is different, and I have to start with measuring the water. In addition, I have added 20 big drums. Half a month is still the fastest." Zhuge Liang pondered silently for a while: "Then I will give Xuanzheng half a month, can Xuanzheng complete it on time?" "I'll try." Pu Yuan was not sure. "I'm not going to try, just be sure." Pu Yuan was silent, and suddenly, he gritted his teeth lightly, and said decisively: "If I can't finish it, the prime minister will do it!" "Okay!" Zhuge Liang clapped his hands, and he handed Pu Yuan a piece of white silk with a pattern drawn on it, "The big drum was made according to this sketch, if Xuanzheng can improve it, it would be great!" Putting away the sketches, Pu Yuan simply said: "It's not too late, I'll start right away." Pu Yuan's straightforward temper is as sharp as a knife's edge, and there is no trace of procrastination.Zhuge Liang admired him for his swiftness in what he said, and he didn't say any false words, so he let Pu Yuan go. "Prime Minister, what do you make the big drum for?" Ma Dai asked puzzled. Zhuge Liang smiled unpredictablely: "You will know when the time comes." Ma Dai was at a loss, because he knew that Zhuge Liang would not be casual about everything, but he didn't want to ask the bottom line. Zhuge Liang turned to Zhang Yi again and said, "When will Ma Zhong and Li Hui come?" Zhang Yidao: "Li Hui will be later. Yong Kai has been operating in Yizhou County for many years, and the rebellion network is complicated and unreasonable. Although the rebel army has been wiped out, all kinds of miscellaneous affairs still need to be dealt with. Ma Zhong can go west next month at most." Zhuge Liang sighed: "We can't wait for them." He turned his back and stared at the map of Nanzhong hanging on the wall of the camp. You can reach the barracks later tonight." "Prime Minister, the Fuling army has arrived, can we fight Meng Huo to the death?" Zhang Yi whispered. Zhuge Liang was still staring at the easternmost end of the map, and many undeclarable thoughts came up, which he ruthlessly suppressed.He has never shown the slightest wave, calm as a thousand years of windless water, and the abyss is terrifyingly deep. "Lu Kai from Yongchang County is coming, he is Nanzhongtong." He said suddenly, thinking of a loyal and good minister like Lu Kai, as if bathing in warm wind, he felt much happier. Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Lv Jiping is from Nanzhong, he is familiar with the affairs of Nanzhong, he is much better than us half-baked people, if the prime minister has his help, Pingnan's great cause can be accomplished!" Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, and after exhorting some important words with the generals, they each left. When Ma Dai walked to the gate of the camp, he realized that he had been holding Tao Ou foolishly all this time. He smiled coyly, "Prime Minister, I almost forgot, I will return this to you." Zhuge Liang waved the feather fan: "Take it, any valuable things must be pushed back and forth." Xiu Yuan's eyes widened, and he expected Ma Dai to come back, but what was hateful was that Ma Dai didn't refuse and ran out happily. "Ah!" he exclaimed. Zhuge Liang looked at him, his slender eyebrows curved gracefully: "Stingy!" Xiuyuan put down the paperwork in his hand: "Sir, how can you give him something!" Zhuge Liang's face darkened: "There are no rules, if you dare to compete with the general, you will be more and more ignorant of etiquette!" Xiuyuan was so trained that he didn't respond for a while. He silently stacked up the paperwork one by one, and classified them one by one. His movements were very slow, as if he was picking up and setting down a huge boulder weighing a hundred catties.He finally couldn't help it anymore, and said with a choked voice, "That's the soup I asked the military chef to cook for you. I saw you working day and night, and you were so busy that you didn't have time to eat... My heart aches very much... You are so generous." , give it to General Ma..." As he spoke, tears welled up, and he wiped them vigorously, only to find that Zhuge Liang's eyes were bent with a smile, and he said displeasedly, "Sir, you're still laughing!" Zhuge Liang laughed: "Ma Dai said it was bad, it wasn't Xiuyuan who stole it, it was Zhuge Liang who stole it, I pity you for taking the blame for me!" Xiuyuan was infected by Zhuge Liang's smile, his grievance collapsed into a shadowless bubble, and he laughed too. Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, and lightly placed the feather fan on Xiuyuan's head: "My dear sir, sir, I am very grateful to you." Xiu Yuan said seriously: "If Mister can take a break, even if it's only for two hours, I'm satisfied." Zhuge Liang sighed: "I don't have this life." He sat down and patted his leg, "Zhuge Liang is the life of hard work." He took a document from the case, opened it, and jumped into the words line by line. With tired eyes, he knew that he was about to fall into the trap of words again, so he couldn't help laughing wryly.
When night fell, a mysterious army came from the middle barracks of the Shu army. Their costumes were different from those of the general soldiers of the Shu Han, and they looked a bit like barbarians.They are the descendants of the Banman Man, who was famous in Berkshire during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Because of their strong folk customs and good fighting skills, they were used by the court several times and made many military exploits.In order to commend their achievements, the imperial court exempted them from taxation, and they were good at shooting white tigers. It is said that they eradicated the white tigers that caused disasters when King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty, so the people called them "Baihu Fuyi".With the passage of a hundred years, the old Banchu Man has long been Sinicized, but has inherited the bravery of his ancestors.After the founding of the state of Shu Han, they still recruited warriors in the Fuling area of Berkshire to form the Fuling Army. These Fuling men were born in the mountains and valleys, and they were good at flying over eaves and walls, and they were quite brave.When Zhang Fei was the prefect of Brazil in the past, he summoned the Fuling army in Langzhong and practiced it himself. This army is small in number, but it has always been valued by the Shu Han. The general who led his troops to Nanzhong was Chen Dao, who was full of arrogance and had extremely long arms, like a long-tailed ape climbing on a mountain wall. Chen Dao was originally Zhao Yun's subordinate, and he was also a general of the Baimai Army of the Shu Han Guards.After Emperor Zhaolie passed away in Baidi City, the Baidi Army transferred Fuling to Chen Dao. Therefore, the imperial court included the Fuling Army into the Baidi Army and became a branch of the Baidi Army, which was also led by Chen Daobu. Zhuge Liang kept busy until late at night. When the Fuling army arrived, he went out of the camp to meet Chen Dao himself. After a few greetings, he said, "Can you go to battle tomorrow?" Chen Dao patted his chest: "No problem!" Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently: "Less killing, but living." "Live?" Chen Dao was stunned. "Yes, live, did General Chen know about the Southern Expedition Order?" "What is it?" "The way to use soldiers is to attack the mind first, to attack the city is the bottom, to fight the heart first, and to fight the army next." Zhuge Liang said word by word, the clank was calm and loud, and the force hit the bottom of his heart directly. dissipate.
The gate of the Chinese army's camp passed behind him like a frightened bird, Yang Yi rolled off his horse, scaring a group of soldiers to surround him and shouted in a panic: "Yang Canjun!" Yang Yi struggled to get up, but she didn't have time to tidy up the tattered robe, one of her feet was sprained, and she forgot the pain long ago, just casually wiped her face. He almost rushed into the tent of the Chinese army, Zhuge Liang was talking to the envoy from Chengdu, when he saw Yang Yi covered in blood, he was startled. Yang Yi breathed out and said: "Prime Minister, the grain and grass have been robbed..." After saying a few words, tears burst out. Zhuge Liang stood up abruptly, accidentally flipped over the documents on the case, and slid down, spreading out into a gray cloud. The two grain detaining teams of the Shu Han were ambushed by the barbarians, half of the thousand people died, and all the tens of thousands of shi of grain were robbed.Yang Yi was in charge of food and supplies, and originally followed the second grain escort team, if not for his own soldiers desperately defending him, he would have died long ago. The Shu army had just crossed Lushui, before the barbarians saw their base camp, they were ambushed by the barbarians, their food and supplies were gone, and 500 soldiers died. The situation was much more difficult and dangerous than imagined. Ever since Yang Yi risked his death to report the letter, Zhuge Liang hadn't closed his eyes for twenty hours. He had to comfort the wounded soldiers, check the remaining grain and grass in the warehouse, personally direct the warehouse officer to use small dendrobium to distribute grain to each battalion, and he also had to reply to the emergency orders sent from Chengdu. Official documents, thinking about the strategy of the southern expedition, I am so tired that I have forgotten what sleep is, I don’t know the morning and evening, and I don’t have time to drink water.Xiu Yuan saw that he was too busy to remember to eat, so he went to the camp kitchen to bring him meals, but he didn't care to eat, he always let the meals become cold and hard, lunch turned into dinner, and dinner turned into breakfast .Xiuyuan had no choice but to remind him several times, Zhuge Liang finally understood, but he didn't have any appetite, and he was afraid of wasting food, so he forced Xiuyuan to eat. The remaining food is only enough for half a month. It is not impossible to transfer urgently from Chengdu, one is the long distance, and the other is that even if it is transported, it may be ransacked by the barbarians. After all, it is in the unfamiliar Nanzhong, and the barbarians have an advantage over them.The barbarians use high mountains as barriers and forests as their lairs. They are good at guerrilla warfare and often attack by surprise. When you mobilize your troops to encircle and suppress them, they cross mountains and ridges and disappear in deep valleys without a trace. The night is very deep, the night in Nanzhong is too cold, the wind blows from the depths of the forest, carrying the vicissitudes of hundreds of millions of years, it seems to be the oldest memory of this planet, brewing a cold vitality, in the vast starry sky The night rises like a tide. The lights in the tent flickered uncomfortably. After Zhuge Liang sat on the desk, a volume of documents spread out in front of him. It was an official document from Chengdu Shangshutai. He had read it many times, and when he closed his eyes, many irritating words flashed in front of his eyes. Coming and going, like a difficult and annoying dream. The cause of the incident was that Wang Chong, the general of Li Yan's department guarding Yong'an, fled to Wei State suddenly. Some said that he was forced to leave by Li Yan, and some said that he defected to Meng Da, the prefect of the new city of Wei State. It's good to have a family, and it's hard to say if there is some ulterior connection between them.Amidst the voices, Liao Li, Lieutenant of Changshui School, went to Liao Chen to criticize Li Yan for being suspected of having relations with the enemy. Li Yan denied it, insisted that Wang Chong's defection had nothing to do with him, and accused Liao Li of slandering the government.The matter was brought up to the emperor, and the emperor sent the matter to Shangshutai, who then transferred it to Zhuge Liang who was far away in Nanzhong. Zhuge Liang was the backbone of the Shu Han imperial court. Wherever he went, the hub of the state machine would be there. Even if he was far away in the miasma-ridden South China, the official documents from Chengdu still flew into the Chinese military tent like snowflakes. Small affairs still require him to make up his mind.Some people questioned his greed for power, while others lamented his excessive pursuit of perfection. Everything has to go through his hands and his review before he can rest assured. Xiu Yuan stared at Zhuge Liang for a long time, the light reflected Zhuge Liang's slightly protruding cheekbones, and there was a thick shadow under the corner of his lips, which seemed to be a circle thinner than the previous few days.Xiuyuan felt more and more distressed, and asked quietly: "Sir, do you want to eat?" Zhuge Liang didn't seem to hear it, he caressed the document lightly, pondering, thinking, and seemed to be in a trance, confused. The light dimmed slightly, and Zhao Zhi walked in. Instead of saluting respectfully like the other staff, he walked leisurely to Zhuge Liang, sat down in front of him, stared at Zhuge Liang's face for a while, and said abruptly: : "Twenty-three hours." Zhuge Liang was startled: "Huh?" Zhao Zhi lightly explored the copper goblet on the case, and it was very cool: "The prime minister has twenty-three hours without eating, drinking, or sleeping." Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing: "Is it so long?" Zhao Zhi poured out the water in the copper cup, and called Xiuyuan to refill the warm water, and held it to Zhuge Liang himself, Zhuge Liang caught it with a smile, and took a sip in his favor. Zhao Zhi blinked: "Have you thought about it?" "Almost." Zhuge Liang said lightly. "Meng Huo's camp is set up on Baiya Mountain, which is thousands of feet high. The southern mountain is a cliff, and the northern mountain is a jungle. The mountains are high and the road is dangerous. How does the prime minister want to conquer it?" "After three days, we will see the result." "What about the food and grass?" "It will also be three days later." Zhao Zhi looked at Zhuge Liang as if he didn't know him: "You are not human." He put his hands on the desk and moved closer to see Zhuge Liang's eyes more clearly, but he still felt that he couldn't see clearly. It is well water that cannot be seen to the bottom. "Twenty-three hours to solve all the difficult things one by one, you are too scary!" Zhuge Liang looked indifferent: "No, not everything has been resolved." He stared at Zhao Zhi and smiled, "I have something to trouble Duke Yuan." Zhao Zhi sighed in annoyance: "May I find you food and fodder for the three armies?" Zhuge Liang smiled and took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve, dusted it lightly, and handed it to Zhao Zhi: "Our army's rations have been plundered, so we have no choice but to get food locally. Although it can only relieve temporary worries, it is better than wasting time and doing nothing , so, Duocheng Yuan Gong worked hard." Zhao Zhi grabbed it and lamented: "Last Emperor, Late Emperor, did I have an enmity with you in previous lives, and you have caused me suffering!" He hurriedly cupped his hands, sighed and walked away. Zhuge Liang smiled lightly, his eyes fell on the open document again, his smile dried up in an instant, he raised his hand to close the document, and a stern voice said in his heart: put it away first. Then put it aside, he rolled up the document, tied the Wei rope, and handed it to Xiu Yuan, but his mind was already drifting to another matter: "Have you mailed the letter to Pu Yuan?" "It was sent out the day before yesterday." "Then he can get here within three days." Zhuge Liang said firmly, things fell to the ground like shaking lice, the heaviness in his mind was slightly relieved, but the fatigue of his body became clear.He suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and his consciousness, which had been stagnant in business for a long time, turned slowly to the painful body. The pain endured.
The moonlight shines on the Baiya Mountain, creating a dreamlike and dreamlike confusion, the vast frost dyes the deep forest white, and an unknown call wafts out with the wind in the depths of the forest, like the footsteps of ghosts. Looking down from the top of the mountain, Meng Huo saw that the camp of the Shu army was covered by a large tract of virgin forest, and the faint lights were hidden in the darkness like prying eyes.He once sent some skilled barbarian scouts to check the camps of the Shu army. When the scouts came back, they said that Zhuge Liang deployed his troops well, that the camps were in order, and that there were sentry towers on all four sides of the gate.The scouts were spotted by the sentries before they reached the edge of the camp. If they didn't run fast, they might have been shot into hedgehogs by the crossbowmen of the Shu army. The cumbersome military formations of the Han people were incomprehensible to the barbarians, and the well-arranged five camps in the south, east, west, north, and center confused the barbarians even more. It was like an impenetrable maze in the dense forests of the south, center, which aroused both curiosity and fear. Meng Huo and Zhuge Liang had been looking at each other for half a month. Ever since Zhuge Liang crossed Lushui and approached Baiya step by step, Meng Huo knew that the barbarians and the Shu army had little chance of winning in a head-to-head confrontation, so he repeatedly sent surprise troops to attack and intercepted the Shu army. The food and grass, beheaded hundreds of soldiers of the Shu army.Originally thought that this unexpected deterrence would deter the Shu army. After all, without food supplies, the Shu army could not survive in Nanzhong.However, the Shu army not only did not retreat, but instead stood still, as if they had planted their roots in the soil of Nanzhong, and since then it has become a big tree with luxuriant branches and leaves in Nanzhong. Although the Shu army stationed troops in Nanzhong, they did not see Zhuge Liang leading troops to attack Baiya. The Shu army only practiced, collected firewood, cooked, and rested every day. "What exactly is Zhuge Liang going to do?" Meng Huo was confused. "He won't resign himself to failure," Chiu Chi said, "how can he give up if he hasn't suffered a serious injury?" "so what should I do now?" "The only way is to transfer him out of the barracks, lead him into the valley and jungle, and annihilate him in one fell swoop!" Meng Huo said in embarrassment, "I'm afraid he won't come out. Han people are always cunning, and Zhuge Liang is even more cunning than ordinary Han people." Ji Mou thought: "Zhuge Liang's grain and grass were plundered by us. If he wants to stay in Nanzhong for a long time, he will definitely try to transport grain. Let the yak breed and the big cow breed to rob the grain and grass to create momentum. Zhuge Liang We will definitely mobilize all the troops, and we will take advantage of his division of troops and go straight to his camp to capture him in one fell swoop." "Is it possible?" Meng Huo hesitated. After thinking about it for a while: "Let's take a gamble." Meng Huo thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of a decent way: "Okay, let's take a gamble." He looked up at the sky with a heavy heart, but the moon hid among the clouds, and the sky and the earth were swallowed by deep darkness.
Xiuyuan ran out from the military hall where the smoke was rising, holding a pottery pot in both hands, because it was too hot, he wrapped it in two towels, walking on the road, smelling it, the gluttons in his stomach screamed. Before we reached the Zhongjun camp, I saw a dozen or so soldiers holding food utensils, eating deliciously, and chattering around General Gong Lu at the same time.A few days ago, Zhao Zhi led a battalion of soldiers to search for edible things in the mountains and forests of Nanzhong. Within a few days, they found countless food to satisfy their hunger, temporarily alleviating the food shortage of the three armies.Many soldiers ate the weird Nanzhong wild game, while beating a snare drum in their hearts, they couldn't help being curious, asking around for details, but the tense atmosphere before the war was relaxed. "General Gong, what kind of dish is this?" A soldier picked up the yellow dish from the pottery pot and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it until it was crispy. The good-tempered Gong Lu has always been in harmony with the soldiers. He has a haha face, and his face is full of light when he smiles. Even his beard is covered with the brilliance of the smile. It is a unique dish that cannot be passed on outside.” "What is your name?" Gong Lu planned to make the joke more thorough, and said solemnly: "Zhuge Cai." It was clearly nonsense, but the soldiers believed it and nodded their heads in admiration, saying that the prime minister really had the ability to find such refreshing vegetables in the poisonous Nanzhong, which solved the food shortage for the soldiers of the three armies. Xiu Yuan almost burst out laughing, but Gong Lu found him and winked at him, Xiu Yuan understood, and he held back his smile without revealing it. "General, what about this dish?" another soldier asked. The more Gong Lu pretended to be knowledgeable, he enthusiastically resolved doubts for the soldiers. The more convincing he was, the more the soldiers believed it. Xiuyuan couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and ran away with a smile, he rushed into the tent of the Chinese army, before "Sir" could yell out, as if he had been shocked by an electric shock, he was taken aback suddenly, and subconsciously pulled Tao Ou into his arms pull. The tents of the Chinese army were full of heads, Zhang Yi, Ma Dai and others surrounded Zhuge Liang, and Pu Yuan, who had just rushed to the barracks in the morning, was also there.Pairs of eyes were like strings piercing through, pulling towards Xiuyuan.Xiu Yuan blushed inexplicably, and really wanted to hide Tao Ou, but it was too late. Seeing Xiu Yuan holding the steaming utensils, Ma Dai teased, "Brother Xiu Yuan, are you stealing food again?" Xiu Yuan smiled awkwardly: "Ah, I, I..." He ran away in a panic, and only took two steps. Ma Dai stopped him with one step, and used a trick to snatch Tao Ou alive .He lifted the lid, and the pot was full of hot soup. It turned out to be stewed chicken with bamboo fungus, and the aroma kept coming out. "Oh, it's terrible," Ma Dai said in surprise, "You are too bad, the soldiers of the three armies are starving, but you steal delicious food, you have too dark a heart!" Xiuyuan was ashamed and angry at the same time, he really wanted to explain, but he couldn't utter a word, so he said in a temper: "Give it back to me!" Ma Dai hooked up with him: "I don't want to return it!" He greeted everyone, "Come on, let's share the food, don't let Xiuyuan boy monopolize the food!" Xiu Yuan said angrily, "Give it back to me!" Zhuge Liang suddenly shouted: "It's shameful to fight with the general, step aside!" Xiuyuan was so wronged that he was almost in tears, but he didn't dare to argue. He lowered his head and walked aside. While arranging the paperwork full of grievances, he glanced at Tao Ou in Ma Dai's hand. Zhuge Liang didn't look at him either, and said calmly: "Let's get down to business." He said to Pu Yuan, "How long will it take to complete all the artifacts that Shicai and Xuanzheng talked about?" Pu Yuan calculated carefully: "At least half a month." "Can't it be faster?" "I used to make knives on the north bank of the Lushui River, but now I have moved to the south bank. The water on the north and south banks is different, and I have to start with measuring the water. In addition, I have added 20 big drums. Half a month is still the fastest." Zhuge Liang pondered silently for a while: "Then I will give Xuanzheng half a month, can Xuanzheng complete it on time?" "I'll try." Pu Yuan was not sure. "I'm not going to try, just be sure." Pu Yuan was silent, and suddenly, he gritted his teeth lightly, and said decisively: "If I can't finish it, the prime minister will do it!" "Okay!" Zhuge Liang clapped his hands, and he handed Pu Yuan a piece of white silk with a pattern drawn on it, "The big drum was made according to this sketch, if Xuanzheng can improve it, it would be great!" Putting away the sketches, Pu Yuan simply said: "It's not too late, I'll start right away." Pu Yuan's straightforward temper is as sharp as a knife's edge, and there is no trace of procrastination.Zhuge Liang admired him for his swiftness in what he said, and he didn't say any false words, so he let Pu Yuan go. "Prime Minister, what do you make the big drum for?" Ma Dai asked puzzled. Zhuge Liang smiled unpredictablely: "You will know when the time comes." Ma Dai was at a loss, because he knew that Zhuge Liang would not be casual about everything, but he didn't want to ask the bottom line. Zhuge Liang turned to Zhang Yi again and said, "When will Ma Zhong and Li Hui come?" Zhang Yidao: "Li Hui will be later. Yong Kai has been operating in Yizhou County for many years, and the rebellion network is complicated and unreasonable. Although the rebel army has been wiped out, all kinds of miscellaneous affairs still need to be dealt with. Ma Zhong can go west next month at most." Zhuge Liang sighed: "We can't wait for them." He turned his back and stared at the map of Nanzhong hanging on the wall of the camp. You can reach the barracks later tonight." "Prime Minister, the Fuling army has arrived, can we fight Meng Huo to the death?" Zhang Yi whispered. Zhuge Liang was still staring at the easternmost end of the map, and many undeclarable thoughts came up, which he ruthlessly suppressed.He has never shown the slightest wave, calm as a thousand years of windless water, and the abyss is terrifyingly deep. "Lu Kai from Yongchang County is coming, he is Nanzhongtong." He said suddenly, thinking of a loyal and good minister like Lu Kai, as if bathing in warm wind, he felt much happier. Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Lv Jiping is from Nanzhong, he is familiar with the affairs of Nanzhong, he is much better than us half-baked people, if the prime minister has his help, Pingnan's great cause can be accomplished!" Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, and after exhorting some important words with the generals, they each left. When Ma Dai walked to the gate of the camp, he realized that he had been holding Tao Ou foolishly all this time. He smiled coyly, "Prime Minister, I almost forgot, I will return this to you." Zhuge Liang waved the feather fan: "Take it, any valuable things must be pushed back and forth." Xiu Yuan's eyes widened, and he expected Ma Dai to come back, but what was hateful was that Ma Dai didn't refuse and ran out happily. "Ah!" he exclaimed. Zhuge Liang looked at him, his slender eyebrows curved gracefully: "Stingy!" Xiuyuan put down the paperwork in his hand: "Sir, how can you give him something!" Zhuge Liang's face darkened: "There are no rules, if you dare to compete with the general, you will be more and more ignorant of etiquette!" Xiuyuan was so trained that he didn't respond for a while. He silently stacked up the paperwork one by one, and classified them one by one. His movements were very slow, as if he was picking up and setting down a huge boulder weighing a hundred catties.He finally couldn't help it anymore, and said with a choked voice, "That's the soup I asked the military chef to cook for you. I saw you working day and night, and you were so busy that you didn't have time to eat... My heart aches very much... You are so generous." , give it to General Ma..." As he spoke, tears welled up, and he wiped them vigorously, only to find that Zhuge Liang's eyes were bent with a smile, and he said displeasedly, "Sir, you're still laughing!" Zhuge Liang laughed: "Ma Dai said it was bad, it wasn't Xiuyuan who stole it, it was Zhuge Liang who stole it, I pity you for taking the blame for me!" Xiuyuan was infected by Zhuge Liang's smile, his grievance collapsed into a shadowless bubble, and he laughed too. Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, and lightly placed the feather fan on Xiuyuan's head: "My dear sir, sir, I am very grateful to you." Xiu Yuan said seriously: "If Mister can take a break, even if it's only for two hours, I'm satisfied." Zhuge Liang sighed: "I don't have this life." He sat down and patted his leg, "Zhuge Liang is the life of hard work." He took a document from the case, opened it, and jumped into the words line by line. With tired eyes, he knew that he was about to fall into the trap of words again, so he couldn't help laughing wryly.
When night fell, a mysterious army came from the middle barracks of the Shu army. Their costumes were different from those of the general soldiers of the Shu Han, and they looked a bit like barbarians.They are the descendants of the Banman Man, who was famous in Berkshire during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Because of their strong folk customs and good fighting skills, they were used by the court several times and made many military exploits.In order to commend their achievements, the imperial court exempted them from taxation, and they were good at shooting white tigers. It is said that they eradicated the white tigers that caused disasters when King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty, so the people called them "Baihu Fuyi".With the passage of a hundred years, the old Banchu Man has long been Sinicized, but has inherited the bravery of his ancestors.After the founding of the state of Shu Han, they still recruited warriors in the Fuling area of Berkshire to form the Fuling Army. These Fuling men were born in the mountains and valleys, and they were good at flying over eaves and walls, and they were quite brave.When Zhang Fei was the prefect of Brazil in the past, he summoned the Fuling army in Langzhong and practiced it himself. This army is small in number, but it has always been valued by the Shu Han. The general who led his troops to Nanzhong was Chen Dao, who was full of arrogance and had extremely long arms, like a long-tailed ape climbing on a mountain wall. Chen Dao was originally Zhao Yun's subordinate, and he was also a general of the Baimai Army of the Shu Han Guards.After Emperor Zhaolie passed away in Baidi City, the Baidi Army transferred Fuling to Chen Dao. Therefore, the imperial court included the Fuling Army into the Baidi Army and became a branch of the Baidi Army, which was also led by Chen Daobu. Zhuge Liang kept busy until late at night. When the Fuling army arrived, he went out of the camp to meet Chen Dao himself. After a few greetings, he said, "Can you go to battle tomorrow?" Chen Dao patted his chest: "No problem!" Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently: "Less killing, but living." "Live?" Chen Dao was stunned. "Yes, live, did General Chen know about the Southern Expedition Order?" "What is it?" "The way to use soldiers is to attack the mind first, to attack the city is the bottom, to fight the heart first, and to fight the army next." Zhuge Liang said word by word, the clank was calm and loud, and the force hit the bottom of his heart directly. dissipate.