Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chengdu, Military Advisor General's Mansion.

It was late at night, but the lights in the study room of the mansion were still bright.

Since Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong from the north, Zhuge Liang has been burdened with all the huge administrative affairs of Shu, including raising food and fodder, training soldiers, rectifying internal affairs, and guarding against foreign invasion. For more than a month, he has been working all night to review official documents, and he has never left half a minute. slack off.

In the middle of the night, the sound of slight footsteps colliding with the wooden floor was heard...

Yang Yi deliberately walked in with extremely light steps. When she saw Zhuge Liang had finished approving a document, she said, "Sir, the meritorious scholar Li Hui wants to see you!"

"Oh, isn't he in Jianning? When will he return from the night journey?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then immediately cheered up and said, "Please!"

Not long after, Li Hui walked in quickly and saluted, "Master Li Hui has met the military advisor!"

"De'ang, no need to salute, sit down!"

Zhuge Liang spoke in a calm tone. In fact, the internal and external troubles during this period have given him a completely new temper. No matter how urgent the matter is, no matter how complicated his heart is, it is only on the surface. Calm.

Li Hui's expression was particularly solemn, "Commander Zhuge, something bad is going on, Yunnan is in urgent need -"

During the Three Kingdoms period, Yunnan was under the jurisdiction of the Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo. If you look at the maps of later generations, his territory was roughly west of Zhaotong in Baoshan, Yunnan, north of Kunming, south of Diqing, eastern Burma, and the Tengchong, Ruili, and Nujiang areas in Yunnan. .

And this is Yunnan's limit, not Meng Huo's limit.

In fact, such as Wutugu, the king of Ugo Kingdom;

the Wood Deer King who is said to be able to change the weather and control wild animals;

King Duosi, known as the most wise man of the Southern Barbarians;
Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana and A Hui Nan from Wuxidong Man Village;

Mrs. Zhu Rong's brother brought the cave master. These barbarian forces have crossed Yunnan and spread to Myanmar. These barbarian soldiers and horses have gathered, and there are more than hundreds of thousands of them?
Even when the troops in Shuzhong were gathering, they never dared to underestimate this force, not to mention that the current Shuzhong... was just an empty city.

After some reports from Li Hui.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frowned deeply, "You mean, the Barbarian King summoned the Wei envoy Cheng Yu, and the entire Yunnan was also called by the Barbarian King Meng Huo. The cave masters of various caves have begun to order troops. Even the King of Ugo Kingdom Wu Tu Gu also responded and rushed to Yunnan with the Teng Jia soldiers? "

Zhuge Liang had already heard about the invasion of the Southern Barbarians and was mentally prepared, but... the cave masters... and even the Ugo Kingdom participated in the war. No doubt... this was something Zhuge Liang did not expect.

"The situation may be more serious than what I found out..." Li Hui looked solemn, "If the Wuxi Barbarian King Samoko also joins the war, it will threaten not only the Southern Barbarians, but even Yiling. Suffered a barbarian attack..."

Li Hui's words were concise and to the point.

On the contrary, the fewer words, the bigger the problem.

"what?"

Zhuge Liang was shocked, his eyes filled with deep worry.

"My hometown is in Jianning County. Although my family is not the top wealthy family in the area, it has been passed down for hundreds of years and has intricate relationships. This information can still be guaranteed to be accurate, but..."

Having said this, Li Hui paused for a moment, "However, at least... the reliable information received so far does not indicate that the barbarians have declared war on us and have invaded Chengdu..."

"They are waiting..." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and subconsciously slapped his hand on the table. "One, they are waiting for information about the battle in Hanzhong, and the other...I am afraid that they have secretly sent people to Shuzhong to find out the truth about Chengdu!"

"Is there any way to hide the truth?" Li Hui asked quickly.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, "How I wish I had the ability to spread the beans into an army, but now... all the troops deployed in Chengdu can't even make up a thousand men. Even if it's bluffing, I don't know where to start." !”

"So..." The inexplicably heavy atmosphere suddenly came down, and Li Hui hesitated to speak.

Zhuge Liang seemed to see through his eyes what he was about to say.

"Huh"... In a long exhalation, Zhuge Liang muttered deeply, "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. When the Southern Barbarians invade, even if there are only a thousand soldiers and horses, I will do my best to stop the enemy!"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang seemed to think of the battle situation in Hanzhong again, and the situation there was equally not optimistic.

His brows became more serious, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"At this time, we can't put any more pressure on my lord and Xiaozhi..."

He said this, but in his heart, Zhuge Liang sighed.

——"Blessings never come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone... It's a troubled year!" 』

Just as Zhuge Liang and Li Hui were discussing...

"military adviser…"

Yang Yi, who had just walked out of the room, hurried over again. This time, he had an extra bamboo tube in his hand. Judging from the attire... he came from Jingzhou.

"Commander Zhuge, a letter came from Jingzhou. It was sent urgently from the fourth son of Guan 700 miles away..."

As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, Zhuge Liang said quickly.

"Show it to me quickly——"

He couldn't wait to take the bamboo tube and couldn't wait to unfold the letter inside. The familiar words came into view, but the content inside made him think deeply.

"Commander Zhuge...but what clever suggestions did Mr. Yunqi come up with?"

Yang Yi asked impatiently.

Zhuge Liang seemed to be still pondering. After pondering for a long time, he still said with a somewhat doubtful tone: "What Yun Qi sent is not a brilliant plan..."

Yang Yi quickly asked again: "What is that?"

Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Yang Yi, but said, "Yun Qi only said one thing, and sent his fifth brother Guan Suo to Chengdu..."

what…

When Zhuge Liang's words came out, Yang Yi showed an expression of incredible astonishment.

When did this happen?

The tiger at the front door of Hanzhong has not been defeated, but the wolf at the back door of Yunnan has entered again...

At such a critical moment, why...how could a Guan Suo be sent here?

Having said that, Guansuo doesn't seem to have made many achievements in his previous military exploits!

It seems that his reputation... isn't that good either!
This this…

Yang Yi was still confused, but Zhuge Liang already said with emotion: "Yun Qi, he is determined not to hit the target without aim, there must be a plan for this move!"

Yang Yi immediately retorted: "Advisor Zhuge must not make myths about him. If he had planned everything, he would not just send Adou and Zhuge Ke to rescue Dingjun Mountain with only 3,000 people... Maybe this time... "

Speaking of this, Yang Yi paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said all the words that were lingering in his heart: "Zhuge Military Advisor, maybe we should realize this time that whether it is "Yun Farewell" or Mr. Yun Qi...he … He’s not a god, and he can’t predict everything. He… he can also make mistakes!”

"Did you make a mistake? Did you calculate it wrong?" Zhuge Liang repeated these six words softly.

However, from the bottom of his heart, from the previous plans again and again, from the exquisite and desperate actions, he... He Zhuge Liang still didn't want to believe that Guan Lin would make mistakes and miscalculate!
Zhuge Liang firmly believed in that insight and strategic ability.

At least, in the current situation, the Wei army has not won, and the Shu army has not lost yet!
The Nanman rebellion has not yet reached its most deadly stage.

Everything is still unresolved!
And - wait and see! Let’s wait and see!

...

...

The mountains on both sides of the entrance to Dingjun Mountain.

Because of the special structure of the stone and the strength of the stone walls here, even if stones are needed in peacetime, they are rarely excavated from here.

Because of this, no one would consider the ambush here.

Ugly moment two...

Zhuge Ke had already led his men to climb to the mountains on both sides. Heavy rectangular cloth bags were placed at the bottom of the stone wall. The extremely eye-catching word "explosion" on each cloth bag was particularly obvious.

"Is this what Yuan Xun calls fried buns?"

Zhang Bao couldn't help but ask as he watched the cloth bags, mainly gray and green, carefully placed and wired.

In fact, he had no idea at all about the so-called "fried buns." Zhang Xingcai, on the other hand, knew better, so she explained to her brother Zhang Bao: "Previously during the Jingzhou period, Yun Qi had drawn a drawing called 'Gunpowder Refining'. Of course, these... so-called gunpowder are the same as those in the area outside Jiangxia Anlu City. The white phosphorus collected in the mountains is completely different. The white phosphorus just shoots up into the sky and burns the enemy, but this gunpowder has terrifying lethality and deterrence. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Xingcai paused for a moment, and she carefully recalled what Guan Lin had mentioned to her about this "gunpowder".

"Yun Qi said that Fan Li, a counselor of the Yue Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period, recorded in a book called "Fan Zi Ji Ran" that he made, "burning sulfur, realgar, saltpeter, and honey" will cause "flame. The phenomenon of "burning hands and burning houses" is also called "saltpeter coming out of the Long Road", and the picture drawn by Yun Qi is far more violent than that in "Fan Zi Jiran"... He even proposed to make gunpowder whips and arrows before , it is said that... it can explode at the arrow when it hits the enemy's formation, and even the strongest shield formation will disintegrate overnight if..."

Zhang Xingcai looked directly at those "explosion buns". She pondered deeply for a moment, and then continued, "If...if Yun Qi's original idea and his drawings were finally invented by Mrs. Huang, then the true role of gunpowder On the battlefield, what Yuan Xun mentioned just now... is to use these bombs to explode, causing the entire mountain rock to collapse, and then... burying the entire Wei army in the narrow mountain road here... This is completely possible! "

Listening to Zhang Xingcai's words... Zhang Bao couldn't help but widen his eyes and even took a breath.

Bombs exploded and rocks collapsed...

This... what kind of destructive power does this require?
Even later, Zhang Bao's voice was a little stuttered, "Really? You can really do this... you can really explode this rock!"

Zhang Xingcai bit her lip and said, "We'll see..."

Frankly speaking, she would always have confidence in Guan Lin, but even so, her mood kept beating "bang, bang, bang", as if she was instinctively muttering and shouting in her heart.

——"Is this fried bun okay?" 』

...

...

On the mountain road from Yangping Pass to the south pass of Dingjun Mountain, 60,000 Wei troops were marching in a hurry.

Guo Huai was sitting in the middle of the army, observing his surroundings keenly.

A guide reminded him: "This mountain road... may look like it is surrounded by mountains on both sides, so it is easy to set up an ambush, but in fact, because of the wind direction and the hard stone walls, it is impossible to dig stones or shoot crossbows! This is also Why did the Shu army reach the mountain so easily without worrying about the Wei army setting up an ambush?"

After listening to the guide's words, Guo Huai nodded, "I have also heard about the terrain here... Some mountain people have said that the wind here is strong... and rocks that are easy to fall have been blown into the mountain road and left on the stone walls. The place is extremely hard! It is impossible to set up an ambush, but our army must march faster!"

Since Zhang came here with Guo Huai, he also looked around the mountains here and said with emotion: "The ridges on both sides... are really amazing! But General Guo is right, he needs to cut off the retreat route and food road of the Shu army as soon as possible, and then the rear ...As long as the water flow is cut off, the big-eared thief will probably imitate his adopted son Liu Feng and lead more than 100,000 Shu troops to be trapped alive in the mountains!"

Guo Huai nodded deeply, obviously convinced by Zhang Ji's words.

at this time…

"Report..." A scout hurried over to report, "General, a thousand-man Shu army came out of nowhere. The weapons in their hands were as sharp as iron. They were not wearing heavy armor, but they were invulnerable... Already...several Wei army groups have been defeated by them...even...even General Sun Li...has been captured!"

This person also just heard the information and immediately reported it to Guo Huai.

"Shu army? Thousands of people? Cutting iron like clay? Invulnerable?"

Guo Huai looked at the scout with a questioning expression. He felt...this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.

Yes…

You said that weapons can cut iron like clay. After all... King Wei's Yitian Sword and Qingzhi Sword can be so sharp because they are made of special materials, but... they are not wearing heavy armor and are invulnerable?
how? The human skin of the Shu army was made of iron?
Haha... Guo Huai thought the scout in front of him was joking.

"Someone, take it down..."

"...General!"

"Didn't you understand what I said? Take it down-"

"Here..."

Hearing that Guo Huai was a little angry, the guards immediately captured the scout.

"General, I am not guilty..."

The scout just said something.

But he saw Guo Huai pull out the general's sword with a "whoosh" sound, and the long sword drew a gorgeous arc in the air. He swung the sword down and took the scout's head directly.

Accompanied by the sound of "dong" and "dong" as heads fell to the ground, Guo Huai roared loudly, "This person must be a spy in Shu. He lied to my general, disturbed the morale of the army, and hindered my march. He was discovered by this general, so I will behead him now." Level, to serve as a warning, if anyone dares to disturb the morale of the army again, this is what will happen!"

Uh…

With such a simple move, all the Wei soldiers were silent.

Zhang Ji, on the other hand, pondered slightly and did not comment on Guo Huai's behavior. He was a civil servant and might not understand why he had to be so straightforward and decisive.

But he could understand Guo Huai's mood to some extent. Their team of 60,000 people shouldered the important task of cutting off the Shu army's retreat and food routes. At this critical moment, the morale of the army must not be disturbed——

At this time, Guo Huai's eyes further narrowed, and his sword showed no intention of withdrawing, but pointed forward at a 45-degree angle, "March quickly, pass through this mountain road quickly -"

"Here..." All the lieutenants shouted in response.

Then... the entire army, not sure whether it was because of the fear of the scout's head falling to the ground, or because they were instinctively uneasy walking on this mountain road, they walked very fast.

...

...

At the entrance of Dingjun Mountain.

There is only two miles inward from where Zhuge Ke ambush, and there is a dense forest here.

Many of the defeated Shu troops in the past few days gathered here.

According to the intelligence gathered by the scouts, the road up the mountain from here back to the Shu army's stronghold has been cut off. The entire Bashan Mountains are filled with groups of Wei soldiers and horses.

At this moment, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong were both gathered here... The two met by chance, so they gathered the remaining soldiers from various ministries and gathered together.

But even if the two of them joined forces, facing the Wei army everywhere and being besieged on all sides, they were unable to break through and were helpless.

"Old Huang, we can't hide here and just act like a coward, doing nothing!"

Zhang Fei was impatient and could no longer hold back the atmosphere.

"Yide..." Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes, "Tanma said, the tens of thousands of Wei troops at Yangping Pass are on the way. We have strong enemies in front of us and pursuers behind us. In addition to hiding here? You can tell us , what else can be done?”

Faced with this Huang Zhong problem.

Zhang Fei scratched his head. He did not answer directly, but muttered: "The direction of the battle at Dingjunshan is completely different from that of "Yun Biezhuan". It seems that Yun Qi is still good at writing "Fighting God of War" , Zilong’s "Yun Bie Zhuan"... is almost interesting!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Fei seemed to suddenly think of something, "Old Huang? You said... what if the Wei army from Yangping Pass rushed to the foot of Dingjun Mountain? What would be the consequences!"

"I set up camp and then established a defense line." Huang Zhong tried to analyze, but suddenly, he was shocked, "No...if this Wei army really establishes a defense line, even if it is the lord's food route and retreat route It’s all gone…”

"Isn't this a last-ditch battle?" Zhang Fei opened his mouth hurriedly.

Huang Zhong frowned, "Ma Su thought the same thing when he retreated to Dingjun Mountain..."

Uh…

Zhang Fei suddenly felt something bad. He scratched his head and said, "Old Huang, what you mean is that if a defense line against Wei is really established at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, me and my brother will be finished!"

"That's probably it..." Huang Zhong's lips were trembling.

Who would have thought that as soon as he said these words, Zhang Fei stood up suddenly, picked up the eight-foot-long snake spear at the same time, and shouted towards the Shu army soldier who was resting: "Follow me if you can still breathe..."

"Yide? What do you want to do?" Huang Zhong shouted quickly.

Zhang Fei walked like wind, and while walking forward quickly, he shouted in response: "It's about my brother's life and death. Even if I risk my life, I have to intercept and kill this Wei army in Yangping Pass! We can't let them get it." Punishment!”

"But there are tens of thousands of them -"

Huang Zhong shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Hahaha..." Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei laughed, and while laughing, his footsteps were frozen in place, but the hand holding the Zhangba Snake Spear added a little more strength, in the wanton laughter , he said:
"Back then, under the Dangyang Bridge in Changbanpo, I faced tens of thousands of Cao's troops alone. At that time, I roared three times and took away a young general from Cao's camp?"

Uh…

As he spoke these words, Zhang Fei was already leading the way towards the entrance of Dingjun Mountain.

The setting sun stretched his back into a long and narrow shape, and his sonorous and powerful steps seemed to be writing a line of shining characters:

——Although there are thousands of people, I am going!
...

…(End of chapter)