Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1158 Take that road

   "Zhengxi is like this, what do you want to do?"

  Shortly after dawn, some people who almost had no sleep all night gathered together by coincidence.

   "I heard that Zhengxi patrolled the palace guards last night to fulfill his duties as a courtier..." Sitting on the table, Wei Duan straightened his slightly wrinkled robe and said. Today came a little too late, and the outer robe was not even ironed in time, and there were some wrinkles, which made Wei Duan feel a little uncomfortable, and he always stretched it with his hands from time to time.

   "A courtier's duty? Call...this son of Fei's..."

   Someone made a sound that I don't know whether it was a compliment or a mockery.

   "Please be careful!" Du Ji coughed, and then said, "...Even if you don't call it Huqi, you can call it Zhengxi...the word Feishi...um...how wrong..."

   "Brother Du made a point... the little brother made a slip of the tongue..."

Du Ji is relatively well-known in the Jingzhao area, so when he speaks, he naturally attracts the attention of others. On the other hand, in the Han Dynasty, it was fine if he was an ordinary person. They are already the kind that can be used directly with a knife for a deep hatred, so although the word "Feishi" is not a name, it is followed by "Zhuzi" in most cases, so it is not a good word in most cases...

It’s fine to talk about it on weekdays. After all, although Chang’an is the accompanying capital, it is also the capital. Naturally, the people in other places are all country bumpkins, but now they are under the shadow of Zheng Xifei’s soldiers, and they don’t know how to be more cautious. If it is passed on, it will cause trouble.

  Especially those like Li Guan, if they don’t care about it when they come up in the first place, they will just stick it on Zhengxi’s body, and they will be sold off as capital for promotion.

   Li Guan did this, and Du Ji could understand it.

  But understanding is understanding, and I have to follow suit, which is a bit embarrassing.

"Fei, originated from Ji Ye." Wei Duan stroked his beard, cleared his throat, and said, "The veins of Shaodian, the descendants of Jiejun, have a book of alchemy, good at fighting, in the battle of Jiangdu, he killed the governor, Jie When the five surnames are in trouble, they have to burn alchemy books, so they are the ancestors of the Fei surname..."

   "Oh..." Everyone was stunned, or looked different, or exchanged glances...

  Du Ji lowered his head and remained silent. He can't understand Li Guan's low-spirited way of flattering Zhengxi, but he also can't understand Wei Duan's obscenity and scrapping old papers, but it's the same as the previous treatment of Li Guan. ?

  Even if Fei's family background is a student of alchemy, so what?

   Now General Zhengxi!

  And those present here are either from the Three Emperors, or from the Five Emperors, or have the surname Ji, or the surname Ying, even if they are all the eight major surnames in ancient times, so what?

   What is the purpose?

  Du Ji sighed in his heart.

  But these people are friends around Du Ji and him, or friends who have to become friends.

   "Ahem... everyone..." Wei Duan coughed again, then pointed upwards, and said, "It's rare that you all have leisure today, so why not discuss how to deal with this world..."

  After Wei Duan's words fell, everyone shut up immediately, and there was silence, even a needle could be heard.

  No one is a fool.

  Although the commendation has been signed and signed before, isn’t it this time and that time? And from a certain point of view, this is also a transaction. Zhengxi Feiqian solved the difficult situation of the Guanzhong gentry, and then the Guanzhong gentry rewarded Fei Qian with a commendation title.

   As for the future...

   Let’s talk about it in the future.

   What’s more, even though it’s on the list, whether it can pass the test of Hongnong Yang’s family and submit it to Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty is still two things to say...

  Of course, according to the customs of the Han Dynasty, Feiqian at this time could use the title of Hussar General and act as Hussar General before the official reply of the court at this time, which is not considered arrogance. If the imperial court does not reply, it can continue to act on its behalf, just like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and the large number of people they entrusted...

  The Eastern Han Dynasty is different from the Western Han Dynasty. The biggest difference is that "although there are three officials, all affairs belong to the Taige". Although on the surface it is still based on the Sangong Jiuqing as the basic structure. However, the actual political power has been completely transferred to Shangshutai, which means that whoever controls Shangshutai now has the right to speak.

   Then who is holding the Shangshutai now?

In addition to the management of the Han Dynasty, the generals cannot be appointed unless they are relatives. As for the rest of the generals, they are not permanent. Once the war is over, they will be dismissed immediately. In the eyes of the gentry children, it is only temporary.

   "This...Zheng Xi has something to say, he will treat us to a banquet after a few days... It's okay, it's not too late to make a decision at that time..." Seeing that the scene was somewhat awkward, someone suggested.

   "Ah, exactly, exactly..."

   "That's fine."

  Everyone seconded the proposal one after another.

  Everyone here is different from Li Guan. Li Guan's family is ruined and he has nothing but a dead life, so everyone naturally doesn't think there is any urgent need to stick to Zhengxi's command now.

Although these people don't know the famous saying of later generations, "A barracks made of iron, soldiers of flowing water", but for them, they are also used to "Guanzhong made of iron, prefects of flowing water", the masters of Guanzhong are still them, regardless of Whether it was Li Guo, Zhao Wen before, or Fei Qian now, it feels like a visitor from Guanzhong.

   Wei Duan looked around and saw that everyone was like this, so he sighed and said: "Forget it, since everyone said so... let's discuss it in two days..."

   "Aha, let's discuss in two days, discuss again..."

   "Well, today's spring is just right, my younger brother brought two altars of fine wine, just in time to have a drink with you brothers and enjoy the splendor together..."

   "Good! You have good wine, why don't you serve it quickly?"

   "That's it! The haze of many days is finally gone, let's drink the fine wine to celebrate!"

   "Hahaha, this is a great word..." Everyone said something, and I said something, and they seemed to have thrown aside the words that rolled across the sky last night.

  Du Ji had a dull smile on his face, arched his hands, indicating that he was going to change clothes, then walked out with his hands in his sleeves, stood under the hall, looked up at the sky, and sighed long...

  Leaving aside these short-sighted guys that make Du Ji a little ashamed to associate with, just talk about the future Guanzhong, including myself, where is the road under our feet going?

  ………………

  However, Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west that these Guanzhong gentry were looking forward to, had quietly left Chang'an at this time, and drove to Wuzhangyuan by rectifying the army and horses to pursue the Qiang people.

  When it comes to Wuzhangyuan, it is natural to remember Zhuge Liang...

   Hmm, something seems to be going wrong.

   Forget it, this is not important, what is important is which road Fei Qian will choose after arriving at Wuzhangyuan.

This is a good thing about being a counselor. Anyway, I have come up with an idea. As for whether I can do it, or which route to choose, then I don’t care about my business. It's just a question of the executor...

"The land of Hanzhong overlooks Guanzhong in the north, covers Bashu in the south, reaches Xiangdeng in the east, and controls Qinlong in the west. The situation is the most serious. During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Qin was able to defeat Chu. Gain also captured Hanzhong and left Ba by boat. Riding on the summer water, you will have a favorable location, which can be said to be rich and fertile, surrounded by danger..." Li Ru huddled in the leather robe, stretched out a scrawny arm on the horse's back, pointed to the mountains to the south, and slowly Said.

As soon as Li Ru changed the long sleeves of the toga he was wearing, he put on a thick leather robe, and even his thin face was hidden under the hood of the leather robe. Perhaps this is the only way to make Li Ru appear The extremely thin body can withstand the bitter cold at night during the march.

"There are three ways that Hanzhong and Guanzhong are connected, um, there are actually four..." Li Ru pointed to Jiangshan, like a few treasures, "In the past, the way of Huaiyin Marquis who secretly kept Chencang, because of the earth dragon turned over, the mountains and rivers moved, the Han River dried up, collapsed and fell into disrepair, and it was unusable. Well, there are three extant ones, one is Baoxie Dao, the other is Tangluo Dao, and the third is Ziwu Dao..."

Oh?

  Chen Cangdao couldn’t be used because Dilong turned over?

   Fei Qian raised his eyebrows, and said: "I thought that the way of old warehouses was caused by the decadence of military affairs and the corruption of officials. From what Wen You said, it was actually the fault of the earth dragon?"

Li Ru smiled hoarsely in his leather robe, and said: "The military affairs are decadent, and there are also corrupt officials, but after all, it is an important way for military strategists, and many pass fortresses have been built along the way for a hundred years. Therefore, the Han River has stopped flowing, and the plank road has been destroyed. It is really unbearable. How can such an important way be easily abandoned?"

  Fei Qian nodded, this is a serious reason. No wonder the Chencang road became a cover in the late period of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang walked Qishan several times. Although there were strategic considerations, Han Xin’s Mingxiu plank road and secretly crossing Chencang became a masterpiece through the ages. It turned out to be because of the changes in the mountains and rivers of nature...

  It’s like the ancient nine lakes, that is, He Ze, Meng Zhu Ze, Da Lu Ze, Lei Xia Ze, Ono Ze, Peng Li Ze, Yun Meng Ze, Zhen Ze, and Mo Ze, and there are not many left in later generations.

  So this is Zhuge Liang's helplessness.

After all, in the land of Jingxiang, in the Han Dynasty when the map making technology was primitive and backward, before Zhuge Liang entered Sichuan, it was basically impossible to have a deep understanding of the terrain of Hanzhong and even Sichuan. False, but the biggest problem in the research from the central and northern regions of Shu is not the pawns and generals, but the transfer of food and grass.

In Zhuge’s Northern Expedition, there was obviously no adequate plan for this matter. The first few times were basically stalemate and food shortages, but the last time, he made wooden cattle and horses, hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Xiegu, and ended up in Wuzhang Plain. what's up...

  In the era of Han Xin, the Han River flowed through the entire Hanzhong area. The river was wide and deep, and large ships could pass through it. Therefore, in the early Han Dynasty, water transportation was much faster than dry transportation. With the Han River as a guarantee, Han Xin transported troops and food with high efficiency, ensuring the mobility of the troops and sufficient logistical supplies.

But later, there was an earthquake in Hanzhong. As a result of this earthquake, the Han River stopped flowing and became two rivers with different flow directions. Passage, water transport is completely hopeless.

For this reason, during the Three Kingdoms period, the mobilization and logistical supplies of the Shu Han's army could only go on dry roads, and the efficiency was lower than four hundred years ago. This is probably because Zhuge Liang's repeated marches were blocked by the Wei army at the pass, stalemate and defeated. The biggest reason for it...

   "Well, how about Ziwu Valley?" When thinking of Zhuge Liang, one thinks of Wei Yan, and when thinking of Wei Yan, one naturally thinks of an ancient suspenseful strategy, the Ziwu Valley surprise attack, so Fei Qian couldn't help asking.

"Ziwu Road, the north entrance is Zi, and the south entrance is Wu..." Li Ru is obviously very familiar with the terrain in the Guanzhong area, and even the surrounding Hanzhong and Longxi areas. More than 600 miles, although it is short, is rugged and steep... In the past, when the ancestor Gaozu entered Shu, he burned the plank road to show his ambition, so it was convenient for this road. This road is extremely difficult, most of which are plank roads, and they are also damaged. Let's do it...Three ways of Hanzhong, this way is the most dangerous, and it is really not the choice for the army to march..."

   Fei Qian could not help but click his tongue.

   "What's more, the thief Zhangmi not only burned the Baoshui Inn, but also destroyed the Ziwu Road..." Li Ru continued, "If it is to build the stack, it will inevitably take time..."

  Fei Qian frowned and said, "The praise ramp was also burned down?"

Li Ru sneered and said, "That's right. When the bandit Zhang Mi was serving as Governor Yi Sima, he concealed and killed the prefect of Hanzhong. Are they all fools?"

  Why did you get burned again?

  Why are these guys doing sabotage all day long, burning the plank road at every turn?

"Tangluo Road. The south entrance is called Tang, and the north entrance is called Luo. The valley is long and dark, and the forest is dense and the grass is deep. Among them, the road is curved, numbered eighty-four, circling back and forth, walking in the clouds and rolling through the river and valley. There are three steep mountains. Shen Ling; one is Ya Ling; For the rice thief..."

  Chencang Road is basically abandoned due to the earthquake, no one is repairing it, and there is no way to repair it, so it is not allowed to walk.

Meridian Valley, the most dangerous and difficult road among the three roads, and it is also in disrepair. Basically, plank roads need to be erected. In addition, it is spring now. Those mossy floating soils are simply the ultimate killers aimed at the army!

The Baoxie Road is actually a valley road formed by the two water sources of Baoshui and Xieshui, one south and one north, but Baoshui and Xieshui do not converge, but there is a considerable distance in the middle that requires troops to cross mountains and ridges, and then When walking along the Baoshui and Xieshui sections, if the road is steep, it is also necessary to dig holes above the river and set up a plank road to pass through. Therefore, although it is said that among these mountain roads, it is relatively wide and easy to walk, but The section of the plank road in Baoshui was burned down by Zhang Lu, and it has not been repaired so far, which is also extremely inconvenient.

Not to mention the Tangluo Road, the army climbed the three steep mountains, the difficulty of the so-called eighty-four trails, just the military stronghold above the three steep mountains, is enough for those who want to pass this mountain road. A pot of...

   Fei Qian had a headache.

"It's difficult to take Hanzhong, but...Xun Youruo's strategy is also a good strategy..." Li Ru changed the subject and said, "The thief Zhang Mi used Tao to fool the people, searched and exploited, and in addition to years of good harvests, old and old accumulated together, overflowing, accumulating money The decayed body is rusty and cannot be corrected, if it is taken away, it will be enough to help the refugees in Guanzhong and reclaim the fields!"

   Fei Qian really wants to roll his eyes, who doesn’t know this, otherwise he wouldn’t have worked so hard to come here, but which of the three roads to Hanzhong is better?

"...What about this... from Wenyou's point of view?" Fei Qian couldn't help turning his head to ask Li Ru, and suddenly saw Li Ru who was hiding under the cover of the leather robe showing a faint smile, and his heart suddenly moved , seemed to have guessed something, and said, "...Wait, in the meaning of literary excellence, could it be..."

  (end of this chapter)