Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 432
Below Zhongzhou City.

Luo Youdu looked at the strong city built along the Yangtze River in front of him, and said, "It is said that Western Shu is a safe place, that's right!"

The structure of Chungju City is simple and not complicated.

But he lies between mountains and rivers, with the rolling Yangtze River on one side and unknown high mountains on the other. A city is like a pass, with only two long and narrow gates in the east and west.

With this terrain and terrain, it would take a lot of effort to bypass Chungju.

I am afraid that the local people may not know the whole range of mountains. Only the local Bamin can really grasp the direction and come and go freely.

The terms negotiated with Bamin appeared in his mind, and the corners of Luo Youdu's mouth could not help but curl up slightly. Meng Chang is really a good person, and he has helped him a lot.

The whole Shu land was polluted by Meng Chang.

The people at the bottom of the mountain are suffering, and the people at the top of the mountain are suffering even more.

He couldn't survive the rebellion, but Meng Chang didn't allow ironware to be spread among the people in order to cast iron money, which directly led to no room for rebellion.

Bamin had few people, and he couldn't defeat the Shu soldiers with only moso bamboo sticks without weapons.

Several times of rebellion were fruitless.

Luo Youdu sent Zhao Jizha to contact the Ba people in the mountains, thinking that they would have to pay a certain price to justify their service.

As a result, their condition is only to eat in one bite...

It turns out that after Meng Chang learned that the Central Plains went south to Jinghu, he had already realized that Luo Youdu had embarked on the great cause of unifying the south.

Meng Chang's spirit has long been corrupted, but his intelligence is still there.He is unwilling to resist the Central Plains, because he knows that he cannot resist, but he will not sit still.

After all, even if the Meng family's country cannot be defended, it must resist one or two, so as not to give it away empty-handed.

After the Jingnan Incident, Meng Chang had already secretly stored food.

Because of Meng Chang's extravagance, many people in Shu did not want to farm land. Instead, they cut down rare trees and transported regular stone materials to build Meng Chang's palace to offset taxes, and the food production was insufficient.

With Meng Chang's actions, food in Shu was in short supply.

Bamin also grows grain in the mountains, but the land in the mountains is dominated by rocks, and the grain output is extremely low, which cannot meet Bamin's daily needs.

Faced with this situation, in the past, they could exchange furs and tendons with the people at the bottom of the mountain, but now Bamin can't buy food, so they can only rely on going down the mountain to rob and hunt up the mountain to make ends meet.

One winter passed, and Ba Min almost ate up all the stored grain, even the grown grain.

If Luo Youdu hadn't come to the door, Bamin would have already started planning to attack the village.

Under such circumstances, the requirements of Bamin near Daba Mountain are very simple, as long as they are given enough to eat, they are willing to work hard.

Faced with such a situation, Luo Youdu naturally bought people's hearts generously and temporarily recruited them under his command.

"Count the time!"

Luo Youdu looked at the sky, "Now Yuzhou City should be fighting!"

Han Wei naturally knew Luo Youdu's overall plan, and said, "It's almost time, but I don't know how prepared Yuzhou is?"

Chungju West City.

Shi Kai, who learned that the food had arrived safely, had doubts flashing in his eyes, could it be that he thought to himself: "Could it be that I am really being overwhelmed?"

At this time, Fan Yuxuan received a secret letter from Meng Xuanzhe, asking him to pay more attention to Shi Kai, but still afraid of war, he seized his military power, which also showed that no one in the court could use him.

Fan Yuxi had been paying attention to Shi Kai's movements, and seeing him conscientiously strengthening the Zhongzhou defense line, he couldn't help but ask himself: "Did I misunderstand Shi Kai?"

Seeing that Shi Heng delivered the food safely, Fan Yuxi said: "I think the Ba thieves who came to the mountains are just a small group, and they took advantage of them because of their carelessness. And the food is ready, the general should wholeheartedly deal with the people in the city." Thieves."

He didn't want the quarrel between the two of them to be too stiff, after all, he was only a frail scholar, and it was Shi Kai who really went up the city wall to resist the enemy.

Shi Kai nodded, he also meant the same thing, since it cannot be changed, it can only stick to Zhongzhou.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Yong striding towards him, his face changed slightly, and he said, "Why is the defense envoy here?"

Li Yong said: "There is not enough food in Zhongzhou, and there are rebels along the way. The last general didn't dare to be careless, so he specially mobilized soldiers and horses to deliver the food himself. Perhaps our army is powerful, and the rebels dare not attack. The last general I still want to take the opportunity to make some meritorious service."

Because they were safe and sound, Li Yong's words were also a little frivolous.

Shi Kai's face paled instantly.

"not good!"

After Li Yong was a general, his ancestor was Li Hui, Ji Han's second subdued governor, who had always been a general of Shu.

Occasionally, a few top-notch talents will emerge in the past dynasties to keep the family alive.

Li Yong may not be considered much in the Central Plains, but he still has a place in Shu, where talents are withering.

Shi Kai led his troops to Zhongzhou with peace of mind, also because Li Yong was in charge at the rear.

Shi Kai tremblingly said: "The thief's target is not grain and grass, but Yuzhou... The defense envoys came to transport grain, have you considered that Yuzhou is defenseless?"

Li Yong panicked instantly, hurriedly said: "I, I'll go back now, I'll go back now!"

He knew what the fall of Yuzhou meant.

Those trapped in Zhongzhou are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and after Yuzhou, there is Chengdu, which is as flat as a river.

Li Yong is not a fool, but lacks experience, he only cares about what is in front of him, and ignores what is behind him.

But in fact the result is the same.

If Li Yong did not leave the city, the grain team would be attacked.

Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

Luo Youdu never only makes one-handed plans.

The leader of the Ba clan named Miao Bing was a capable man, and when he saw Zhao Jizha who was like a dead dog, there was a trace of contempt in the corner of his eyes.

It's no wonder that Zhao Jizha is incompetent. As a literati, his ability to climb mountains and mountains is really incomparable with the Ba people who live in the mountains all year round.

Along the way, Zhao Jizha was supported and carried by the Ba people to get to where he is today.

Miao Bing looked at the Shu soldiers who were not far away and said: "This is where they cut wood. We can pretend to be ordinary people, blend in with the crowd, and enter Yuzhou pretending to be slaves."

Miao Bing said and sighed: "Tianzi Luo really deserves the name of little Zhuge, he can predict things like a god."

Zhao Jizha recovered a bit of vitality, came to Miao Bing's side, and said, "Brother Miao, take a step to speak."

Miao Bing was naturally not afraid of the powerless Zhao Jizha, so he waved his hand to make the guards around him move away.

Zhao Jizha said: "With Brother Miao's bravery and His Majesty's magic, it is not difficult to win Yuzhou. What is difficult is what will happen to your ministry after taking Yuzhou!"

Miao Bing's heart trembled, a trace of greed and a trace of sternness flashed in his eyes, he stared at Zhao Jizha, and said, "Mr. Zhao, what do you mean by that?"

Zhao Jizha looked at Miao Bing fearlessly and said, "Your Majesty gave Brother Miao two choices. He broke Yuzhou City, and the common people will not commit any crimes. He will remember your great achievements and reward you with money and food. He will still be in Yuzhou Places such as Chengdu and Chengdu reward you for farming. Your Majesty is a man of great ambition, and will not treat you badly just because you are Ba people, and treat you equally."

"The other way is that you got evil intentions and robbed Yuzhou. The farther you run, the better. His Majesty said that you can defeat him on the battlefield. Even if you destroy his 20 army, he will not He will blame you, he will only think that he is incompetent. But if you want to attack the people who are powerless, in the next 20 years, he will send a good general to fight with you forever."

"How to choose, brother Miao decides on his own."

(End of this chapter)