Chapter 32 second quarter

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang celebrated his fiftieth birthday in Lecheng.Lecheng and Hancheng are the two big cities he built last winter as barriers to Hanzhong and Nanzheng.The destination of the three-way Wei army's reunion is in Nanzheng! "The prime minister sits here and waits for work with leisure, which is really clever!" Jiang Wei said when celebrating his birthday.Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and asked with a smile, "Did I say I would be stationed in Lecheng?" "Cao Wei's attack just saves our army the trouble of running around. Boyue," he patted the young man's hand, "Sun Tzu said: "We must attack but not defend." Righteousness. Unless it is absolutely necessary, don't steal security. Liang will not let the enemy enter the hinterland of the country. The two cities of Han and Le are actually not for Liang's defense..."

Jiang Wei was dumbfounded and couldn't catch up with the prime minister's train of thought for a while. Jiang Wei is much gentler than Zhuge Liang's bravery and strength spurting from his bones; compared to Zhuge Liang's majestic prime minister, Jiang Wei is obviously more suitable to be a general. He often hopes that there will be stronger forces in the rear support yourself. "That's for future generations, for you." Zhuge Liang said softly, so softly that no one could hear him clearly. He is fifty years old, and Qiu Shuang was born on the temples. Although he is in good health, his stomach has always been bad because of long-term busy work and irregular eating.Nanzheng suffered from chills again. In late autumn, if he didn't protect the stove by his side, his legs and feet would ache unbearably.Zhuge Liang didn't think much about death, but once he thought about it, he would feel wonderful fear.The more I think about it, the more difficult it is to say.

"Prime Minister intends to conquer in person?" Jiang Wei asked. "Naturally." Zhuge Liang smiled. "Where to push the front line?" "Akasaka." Zhuge Liang said, "There, you can deal with any of the enemy's three armies, or all of them." He slightly raised his head and said with a smile, "Sima Yi is also here this time, really good. By the way , "Zhuge Liang turned to Yang Yi, "Please Zhao Zhi also go to Akasaka." "Zhao Zhi no longer divination." Yang Yi hesitated, "Since he returned from the Southern Expedition with the Prime Minister, he said that he is no longer accurate in divination."

Zhao Zhi didn't lie.He has tried many times, but his originally clear eyes can no longer see the future!The clear and picturesque scenes in the past are gradually blurred and scattered like the wind.Zhao Zhi finally became an ordinary person. After seeing blood, killing, and weeping, he began to learn to live an ordinary life, which also caused his income to plummet.Rusted swords can only be forgotten in the cobwebbed dust.Zhao Zhi, who had lost his magical skills, ran around and made a living doing small businesses.The last time Yang Yi went to Wuyang to buy food and pay, he met him once. He couldn't imagine that the man with rough hands and feet, who lived and slept in the open, was the noble and incomparable dreamer back then.

"This person is useless..." Yang Yi thought at the time. So Zhuge Liang suddenly mentioned Zhao Zhi, which surprised Yang Yi. "It's not for divination." Zhuge Liang said with a faint smile, "I heard that Zhao Zhi's chess skills are superb, and I was just looking for a good opponent. It's like a war, Liang is waiting for Zhongda (Sima Yi's character) to come. Write a letter, It is said that Zhuge Liang invited Zhao Lang to come and talk." In May, Zhuge Liang entered Akasaka.Cao Wei's 200,000 troops also rushed here.The situation was tense, and when Zhao Zhi was welcomed into the city in mid-June, he could feel the murderous intent in the air.However, after seeing Zhuge Liang, the murderous aura calmed down.Zhao Zhi thought in a daze: This person, ah, is this person?Makes me blind.But there is nothing wrong with it, he thought again, ordinary life also has ordinary joys, so there is no need to pay attention to the movement of the stars and the future of life and death!

Zhao Zhi saluted Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang supported him with both hands: "Liang has been waiting for a long time." "I always feel that it's not just as simple as playing chess!" Zhao Zhi said. "I also want to meet an old friend." Zhuge Liang pulled him and walked in, "The chess game has already been set." A prime minister and a dreamer, the two played chess for thirty days.During the past 30 days, it has been raining throughout the Northwest, and the sound of "crashing" water accompanies people to sleep and wakes them up.Akasaka was woven in the pattering rain curtain, and the glazed chess pieces were damp one by one, and they were greasy in the palm of the hand.It is said that in the area of ​​Xiegu and Ziwugu, the rain is getting heavier. People say that there is a great grievance in the country, and God is crying.The court asked for a national amnesty.The copy was handed over to Zhuge Liang, who was placing Heizi on the Tianyuan star position.When Zhao Zhi saw the messenger, he quickly stood up sideways and said, "Since the prime minister has official business..." "You just sit down." Zhuge Liang said.He unwrapped the sealant, and inside it was written "I have established a country for ten years, but I have never given an amnesty. The people have already discussed it. Now it is raining continuously, and I am afraid that the sky is dissatisfied" and so on.Seeing Zhuge Liang laughing, laughing, laughing so hard that others couldn't figure it out.

"Prime Minister?" asked the messenger. "This thing," he waved the article in his hand, "who made the abridgement?" "Lord Changshi Zhang." The messenger said. "Your heir is also in a daze." Zhuge Liang said, "Such a superficial opinion, just refute it directly." He said while playing chess, "You write the letter on behalf of me. Governing the country depends on great virtues rather than small benefits, so sages They are unwilling to adopt the method of amnesty. Like Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and his son, amnesty every year and forgiveness every year, what good is it for the country? Heavy rain from the sky is not harmful to me..."

"It's harmful to the enemy." A smiling voice interface said. This made Zhuge Liang stunned. The voice continued: "The rain washed away Ziwu and the plank road in the inclined valley, making it difficult for the Wei army to walk. This year, let alone taking Shu, it is difficult for them to think of Hanzhong." Zhuge Liang turned his head slowly, with a happy smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. I saw a tall woman standing by the door, wiping the rain from her face and hair with a towel.She had just taken off her coir raincoat, and the cuffs and skirt corners were all wet.The smiling and resentful eyes glanced at Zhuge Liang's face, which made him a little at a loss. "Where's the ginger soup?" Zhuge Liang threw a chess piece and went forward, "Hot water is also fine. I didn't expect you to come, such a heavy rain. Why did you come here, Shunying."

"How can you get sick if you drench?" The woman, Zhuge Liang's wife, said with a smile. "You don't have to come." The attendant brought the hot soup, Zhuge Liang took it first and offered it to Shunying himself. He wrapped his hands around his wife's hand, and this action made everyone present bow their heads. Shunying pulled her finger out of her husband's hand and said with a smile, "I didn't intend to come, but I'm afraid that others won't be able to explain something clearly. Kong Ming," she took out a neatly folded blueprint from her arms and shook it, " I brought the 'wooden ox' you asked for."

A wooden ox is a wooden, ox-shaped means of transport.In the first three Northern Expeditions, the troops withdrew in a hurry because the road to Shu was difficult and the transportation of grain and grass was unsustainable.A few years ago, Zhuge Liang asked Shunying if he could design something specially for transporting grain. "It's good to be heavy and stable." That's what he asked for.Now Shunying used a picture to answer him: "This thing can carry one person's food for a year. The machine has used some brains, and only two soldiers can control one. It will not be very hard. But there are still shortcomings..." She frowned.

"What?" Zhuge Liang asked while holding the blueprint. Many people gathered around him to look at this mechanical sample that they couldn't understand. "The prime minister and his wife, how can they even do the work of craftsmen?" People thought. "Speed." Shunying said, holding hot soup in his hand, "the fastest way to go is dozens of miles a day, but if you go in a group, you can only go 20 miles. From Menggu Granary to Qishan, it takes forty days to walk, that is, Say……" "Soldiers and horses haven't been moved yet, food and grass will be delivered one month in advance. It's very good." Zhuge Liang folded up the blueprints, pasted them on his chest and said with a smile, "It's already very good." This pasting seemed to put her fingers on her chest . "It can be better." Shunying muttered. The rain is still "tick tock". Summer is as cool as early autumn. Occasionally there is a half-day rain break, Zhuge Liang will take his wife outside for a walk.They counted which mountain in Akasaka was more like Leshan—the still healthy father-in-law Huang Chengyan wrote that the mountain where Zhuge Liang often climbed up and played the piano in Longzhong was named "Leshan" to prove that Zhuge Kongming, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, lived here Pass; which vein of water is more like Moon Creek.The two often do not want to go back, watching the sky once again cloudy and thunderous, almost every time they have to get wet before returning. "I'm afraid there won't be such leisure in the future," Shunying pinched Zhuge Liang's fingers and said, "Wei Jun won't be able to reach Akasaka this time, but what about you? I'm afraid you will chase him again." "Ah..." Zhuge Liang smiled vaguely. "Really?" Shunying asked, looking at him with dark eyes. "Yes." Zhuge Liang said. "Why do you like fighting so much?" "hehe." "talk." Zhuge Liang sat with his knees hugged like he was when he was a boy, and whistled softly: "You see, I have sent troops year after year, and I have been recruiting every year. Is it because of governing the country? I don't have to think about how to do better. The army still has room for improvement; more importantly," Zhuge Liang's eyes sparkled, "don't look at the Northern Expedition one by one, one by one, they are connected together, connected together, making a big article! No matter articles, piano music or Wars all pay attention to a rhythm, dense and sparse, scattered and unpredictable is the top grade. Shunying," he thought for a while, then held his wife's hand, "When I was twenty-seven, I asked you to wait for me for two years. Why not make another agreement. After this battle, Liang will die and stay with you for two years." Zhuge Liang pinched Shunying's two fingers. Shunying smiled and held up another one. "Three years," she said. "A three-year truce is even better." She said again. Zhuge Liang understood, and laughed loudly: "Okay! That's three years!" —she loves him so much.Love him, so I trust him, indulge him to take risks, tireless; also because I love him, I am worried and can't bear to part.She stayed in Akasaka for half a month, so she had to go.Before leaving, Zhuge Liang wrote many letters to ask her to pass them on. Some were to Li Yan: in order to concentrate on dealing with Cao Wei, he handed over the rear military affairs to Li Yan; As the above-mentioned disharmony intensified, Zhuge Liang deeply advised: "We have been together for many years, and I think that the friendship between you and me is unbreakable. As long as you can help each other, you will not hesitate to recommend enemies; as long as you can express your heart, you will not hesitate to part with your own flesh and blood. Now Liang just reuses Cen Yuanjian, you Can't you bear it?" There were also those for Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, and Yang Hong, which filled a bag full, but there was no letter from home. "Are you homeless?" Before boarding the car, Shunying couldn't help but say. Zhuge Liang smiled apologetically: "At home, you pass on the message from generation to generation." "Did you give me a message?" she sighed. He still smiled apologetically: "What you say is what I say. You always know what I should say and want to say." No one can say that he doesn't have a concubine Ling'er, a daughter Zhuge Guo, and a son Zhan in his heart, but there is something even more powerful that urges him to think hard.He has been able to last forever, and he is already the brightest star in the sky: last year, in the oath of alliance between the Shu Han and Soochow, there was no mention of the monarchs Liu Chan and Sun Quan, but only "Prime Minister Zhuge", saying that he "believed in Yin and Yang , sincerely move the world".He has accomplished everything he wanted to do when he was young, so what else does he—Zhuge Liang—want to do?Conscientiously planning the war, what exactly do you want to gain? "For the country, it doesn't matter, let's leave a better situation for future generations. What about selfishness?" Zhuge Liang smiled slowly, "If there is no pride, joy and contempt in life, how much fun should we lose?" His pride is just like his wisdom, and he will only go to a higher place step by step. In the autumn when the yellow leaves were falling, Cao Rui ordered the army to retreat in despair, and did not reach the territory of Shuhan all the way for three miles! The Western Expedition of "a lot of thunder and a little rain" ended sloppily.When Cao Rui thought he had somewhat promoted the country's prestige, another battle report was handed over to the throne! "Zhuge Liang sent Wei Yan into Qiangxi, defeated Guo Huai, and beheaded two thousand people!" .He was wrong: only three months later, Zhuge Liang personally led 70,000 Shu troops, and then attacked the Central Plains! This is Zhuge Liang's fourth Northern Expedition. The army is mighty and has plenty of food and grass. Wei Yan, Wang Ping, Gao Xiang, and Wu Ban are assembled under his command, who are accustomed to fighting, and it seems that they are bound to win! "Come evil, come evil!" Cao Rui called Zhuge Liang by the name of the evil ghost in the legend, and delivered an edict, "Zi Dan (Cao Zhen's character) is sick, and he has the seal of Sima Yi's palm, and Jia Mu is the supervisor of the army, commanding a hundred thousand troops. Go to fight Xishu!" The generals led by Sima Yi were Zhang He, Fei Yao, Guo Huai, Dai Ling and others. Some of them are gearing up to fight Zhuge Liang, while others are trembling and have to bite the bullet.Sitting behind the desk, Sima Yi saw that everyone in the seat had different expressions, and Zhuge Kongming's distant face floated in front of his eyes.He had just received a secret report: Hearing that the main force of Cao's army was in Shangbi, Zhuge Liang immediately left Wang Ping to continue attacking Qishan, and he personally led an army of 50,000 troops to come to Shangbei! "I can't wait! It will be of no benefit to confront this person." Sima Yi made up his mind to hide the matter, and only said: "Zhuge Liang is now in Qishan, what do you guys want?" "We might as well divide our troops to defend Yong and Mei." Zhang He suggested. Sima Yi waved his hand: "If our army can stop the Shu army, General Zhang's plan is the best strategy; what if we can't stop it? If we can't stop it, we have to divide our troops back and forth, and we will inevitably be defeated one by one." "What does the General mean?" Jia Mu asked. "Leave 4,000 people to guard Shanggu, and the remaining 96,000 people will follow me out of Qishan to fight!" Qi Shan did not have Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief.He has always marched quickly, and since he has made arrangements, he should not bump into Zhuge Liang's sharp edge.The mighty 90,000 Wei army set out on the second day, and Sima Yi ordered the army to go east because he was afraid of directly encountering the Shu army coming to Shangbi. "Qi Shan is in the southwest of our army." Jia Mu was puzzled. "Uh, winning by surprise." Sima Yi replied vaguely. But this huge team was still caught up by Zhuge Liang! The 4,000 troops remaining in Shangbi were defeated in less than three days. After Zhuge Liang harvested the food and grass in Shangbi to supplement the army, he immediately marched eastward to chase the main force of the Wei army: he was like a wolf, once he found his prey, he would bite to death.Sima Yi's brows became tighter and tighter. He looked at the 90,000-man army and compared it with the "50,000 men" of the Shu army over and over for several nights.Just when Zhang Yun was about to go out with his gun, the military order came: "Deep ditch and high fortress, stand firm and don't fight!" "No fight!?" Zhang He roared anxiously.Since defeating Ma Su, he has dreamed of a showdown with Zhuge Liang. "The command is like a mountain." Sima Yi said with a straight face. "What are you afraid of!?" Zhang He asked. afraid?Sima Yi always thought that he was "respectful and mature", but unexpectedly, he was stabbed in the heart by the word "fear"!Maybe it's really scary.Afraid of failure, afraid of defeat, Zhuge Yuan came, even if he harvested food, it would not last long.The more he wants to fight, the less I will fight him!Sima Yi exhaled slowly, suppressed the sudden rising anger, and said with a smile, "Jun Yi (word by Zhang Ying) don't worry, I have my own opinion." Zhuge Liang challenged him every day, but Sima Yi refused to send troops to fight. Later, Zhuge Liang slowly retreated, Sima Yi also pulled up the camp, and followed not far or near.As soon as Zhuge Liang stopped, he stopped immediately; as soon as Zhuge Liang moved, he slowly followed up to wait and see.This attitude was widely ridiculed by the generals of the state of Wei, who said: "If Zhuge Liang travels a hundred miles a day, the general will not dare to travel a hundred and ten miles; if the general camps on the mountain, Zhuge Liang must be ten miles away from the mountain." After Zhuge Liang heard the words, the man with the feather fan and scarf was the only one who sighed seriously. "The fox is like this. When crossing the glacier, it always walks a few steps, listens to the sound, walks a few more steps, and listens to the sound again, lest the ice layer will crack." Zhuge Liang said, "Sima Zhongda, you can be called a Fox." "It's just a fox." Jiang Wei laughed. "Don't underestimate him." Zhuge Liang said, waving his feather fan. "Compared to the paper dragon dog with a vegetarian meal, a clever fox is very remarkable. Let's retreat another fifty miles, and let him follow." As expected, Sima Yi followed blindly. After following Jia Mu, the supervising army, he couldn't bear it any longer. He broke into the tent of the Chinese army, raised his sword and said loudly, "You are as afraid of Shu as a tiger, and are you not afraid of ridicule in the world? The emperor ordered you to command a hundred thousand elites to demonstrate the country's prestige and stabilize the frontier. You But sitting on a large army, he dared not take a step forward, allowing Zhuge Liang to come and go as he pleases, wouldn't he be disobedient? Zhongda won't fight any more," Jia Mu said sharply, "Mr. "Yi owns..." "General!" Zhang He knelt down on one knee. "General, please fight!" Dai Ling also fell to his knees. Sima Yi swallowed the rest of the words, looked at the solemn Jia Mu, and said helplessly, "Then, all right." "When will the general go to battle?" Jia Mu asked again. "May Xinsi." Sima Yi said. On the day of Xinsi in May, the scorching sun beats the fire.It was shining hotly on Lucheng, and just outside this simple and humble city, 50,000 Shu troops and 80,000 Wei troops fought!Sima Yi looked around from a high place, and he saw an unheard of formation, infantry, crossbowmen, a small amount of cavalry and chariots combined in an unimaginable way!The formation is divided into eight sides, no matter which side is damaged, the side can be quickly replenished.In the battle map, the most powerful crossbowmen of the Shu Han occupy the most prominent positions, and the fine steel chariots protect these people from damage.The hubs are staggered, and the weapons are shaking!Comparing the boiling sun with the boiling blood, one feels ashamed immediately.Zhuge Liang didn't stay out of the battle, he stood on the chariot in the middle wearing soft armor, his white feather fan was like a blade, scratching Sima Yi's eyes and making his hands and feet cold. —How can you put the infantry in a zigzag? —How can the chariots be lined up on both sides? ——How can the cavalry be allowed to charge freely? ——Most importantly, how can a crossbow shoot ten arrows at once! ? The flying arrows are like rain, and the wind is blowing away!Sima Yi seemed to hear the sound of rain pattering on Xizheng Road again, and his feet fell into the mud of the day again, unable to pull them out.The overwhelming blood was disturbed in the sound of calling and killing, like cherry blossoms being blown away by a gust of wind, like sea water turning red in an instant.wrong!So wrong!Sima Yi ordered Ming Jin to retreat, and the sound of Jin dissipated in the rumbling wheels in an instant.He felt a pain in his chest, and tried to run to the battlefield, but was grabbed by Jia Mu beside him. "Retreat! Retreat!" Jia Mu shouted at the top of his voice. The sound of the silver gong fluttered feebly, it was a cry of despair. Jia Mu suddenly burst into tears. This is actually the first head-to-head confrontation between the main forces of the two countries. It was the first battle between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, and also the last time they met head to head. The war lasted only one day, and the sunset on this day was soaked in blood, and it was extremely red.It elongated the figure of the feather fan and made him look lonely.Although the fighting was temporarily suspended, Zhuge Liang's heart was still beating rapidly, and he was attacked by waves of dizziness, which made him feel nauseous.On the originally clean field outside the city of Lu, fragments of broken bodies were lying down, and the grass was greedily sucking the blood to prepare for vigorous growth in the coming year. "South of Zhancheng, north of Guo Guo, if you die in the wild, you can eat crows without burying them. Call them crows for me: 'Besides, you are a guest, if you die in the wild, don't bury them, can the carrion go away?'" He whispered, the strings Cut it in my heart. In this battle, the Shu army captured 5,000 sets of armor, 3,100 horned crossbows, and 3,000 human heads. In the blood-red twilight, a young man as beautiful as a girl galloped towards Zhuge Liang, shouting: "Prime Minister! Your Majesty's word! Your Majesty's word!"