Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 157

After Pu Hu looked at the sky, he called Yuan Yue, who had been resting for a long time. His expression was a little unhappy: "Brother Yuan, the rest time has been long enough. It's time to set off. If you stop and go like this again, We are afraid that we will not be able to reach the south entrance of Micang Road by the end of the year. In this case, how can we complete the things that the master has asked us to do? It will be difficult for the master to explain it when the time comes. "

After saying that, he glanced at Yuan Yue who looked reluctant: "You and I have received great kindness from our master, so we should be more diligent and not use our wild temperament in the past. We should prioritize our priorities. What is the saying of the Han people? Speaking of which...oh, whose rice you eat, whose money you receive, you have to work for and be loyal to."

"We are now eating Master's rice and wearing Master's clothes. We should be loyal to Master and share Master's worries. We should not forget Master's important things because of physical fatigue. We should work hard, dedicate ourselves and be a good Master, regardless of our own health. This is called being a minister and being loyal to the emperor."

Yuan Yue felt his jujube-sized brain aching as he listened to Pu Hu's great truth. He shook his head, as if trying to shake Pu Hu's words out of his ears, and his tone was a little helpless: "Brother Pu, I think you have been following Yan Pu for a long time, and you have actually learned a lot of Han people's speaking skills, and you talk so many truths that it gives me a headache."

He stood up from the stone he was leaning on, and after looking at Pu Hu for a while, he said thoughtfully: "Brother Pu, you look less and less like us now. You have an ordinary Han scholar in you." Some of the literary spirit, the whole humanistic crepe, polite and polite, very similar to Yan Gongcao... If you don't wear a leather armor and a ring-headed sword hanging on your waist, but wear a top-notch trousers like a Han Chinese , don’t let your hair down, and replace it with the scarf that Yan Gongcao uses every day, then you will be a proper Han Chinese!"

After complaining about Pu Hu's temperament, Yuan Yue continued what Pu Hu said above: "I don't understand the principles of being a minister and being loyal to the emperor. I only know that I am a dog raised by the master. I am fed by the master." Me, I bite people for my master. Hey, I will bite whoever my master asks me to bite. Now my master asks me to go south and bite Liu Zhang, then I will bite Liu Zhang and bite him hard... Hehe, The bitten Liu Zhang's child was so painful that he couldn't sleep all night and did not dare to spy on us in Hanzhong."

"You black guy, what you said is a bit rough, but there is some truth in it. We are indeed the eagle dogs under the master's tent, driven by the master to hunt." In response to Yuan Yue's words, Pu Hu smiled and said, And agreed with the previous sentence.

At the same time, Pu Hu signaled the messengers around him to convey the order to continue marching to the soldiers who had stopped to rest.

Not long after, the marching team, which had stopped for a while, began to be crowded again, like a long snake, meandering along the plank road of Micang Mountain.

"Brother Pu, speaking of which, our master ordered us to go south, but he didn't tell you and me what to do specifically. He just asked you and me to spread the flag widely and wait for the opportunity. If it is beneficial, we will do it. If it is not beneficial, we will return to Hanzhong. , I still don’t understand this order very well, do you know the master’s deep meaning?” Yuan Yue asked Zhang Lu about the reason why he sent the two of them south from Micang Road.

Yuan Yue was a little confused. A few days ago, he was pampered in Nanzheng and was treated politely by Zhang Lu. He and Pu Hu were summoned by Zhang Lu and accepted the order to lead the troops south from Micang Road to Badi.

But when Zhang Lu gave him this order, he did not specify what he asked them to do. He just asked them to put up as many flags as possible to make the army move south as loud as possible. If you have a good opportunity, try it. If not, don't take risks easily.

As a man, Yuan Yue thought that he had mobilized his subordinates, which would definitely lead to bloodshed. It was like traveling together in the tribe, that is to hunt wild beasts, and they must harvest some prey. There is no such thing as a big guy. Going out for a walk together.

So regarding Zhang Lu's order, Yuan Yue felt that Zhang Lu might be too busy seeing him, so he asked him to lead the troops to Micang Mountain for a walk. Otherwise, why would he have issued such a strange order asking him to do something? What's the point of running around without doing anything, without any purpose, just making a terrifying appearance.

"Look at you, you just haven't read enough books and haven't studied hard and improved your own culture." Pu Hu did not answer. He first berated Yuan Yue, intending to make Yuan Yue study diligently instead of studying all day long. The wine and sex were swirling around, and every day he was either getting drunk or lying on a woman's belly.

He used what he had learned to explain word for word: "The most important thing for Master right now is to prepare for war and resist Liu Zhang's attack in the future. Therefore, with Li Sima building the New Yang Ping Pass, it is just Repairing the city, widening the moat, and adding offensive equipment are all necessary for defense."

"However, the best defense is to attack. However, as far as the strength of Hanzhong and Bashu is concerned, Hanzhong can hardly compare with Bashu. It is far inferior. Therefore, when attacking Bashu, one cannot be reckless, otherwise it will be a collision. The head will be broken and bleeding. So we have to do it cleverly, but how to do it cleverly, that is, to make a large-scale offensive situation, so that Liu Zhang'er will think that we are about to go south in a big way, and he will mobilize his troops to deal with us in fear. Once the troops and horses move, it will inevitably It costs money and food, and the enemy's loss is our gain."

"Therefore, Master asked you and me to go south and plant flags in the mountains and forests in order to confuse the defenders of Badi. At the same time, we relied on our ability to climb mountains and ridges as if we were walking on the plains, constantly changing our positions to mobilize Badi's defenders. The soldiers and horses of Badi moved with us, and the harassing Badi defenders could not rest in peace, achieving the purpose of wasting Badi's money and food."

"Oh." Yuan Yue suddenly realized, and then he changed his mind and became a little unhappy: "Hey, I still want to kill a few people, give my new knife some blood, and make a profit. But according to this Brother Pu said this, we are just here for an outing, just wandering through the mountains and forests, so why not bring armor or swords? We might as well wear light leather armor. It will be easier to cross mountains and ridges in this way, and we can do more. Walk around some places.”

"It's hard to say." Pu Hu shook his head and rejected Yuan Yue's idea of ​​not wearing armor and weapons: "The Art of War says that what is false is true, and what is true is false. Sometimes what is true becomes false, and what is false becomes false. If it becomes true, we may not do nothing and not fight the defenders of Badi... Shijun also said that our task is not only to harass the defenders of Badi, but also to act according to the situation. If If there is any good opportunity, we should send troops to fight."

"That's good, that's good." Yuan Yue became happy. As a man, that is, a banzhen barbarian, what he fears most is that there will be no fighting and no one to kill. If he doesn't wield a knife or a gun every day, he will kill a few people. He felt uncomfortable all over as a human being. Now that he heard Pu Hu say that there was still a war to be fought, he felt particularly excited.

Pu Hu lowered his eyebrows and said to himself with some regret: "It's a pity that the captain named Gan Ning followed Liu Zhang's son south. Otherwise, if he could attract Gan Ning to come, he would have the opportunity to repay my brother Pu Chang. My blood feud is to comfort my brother’s spirit in heaven.”

"Hey." Yuan Yue persuaded him carelessly: "Brother Pu, there is a long way to go. Hanzhong and Bashu will definitely be divided. Sooner or later, you and Gan Ning will have a chance to meet on the battlefield. The last time Gan Ning defeated your subordinate brother Pu Chang, that is victory without force. It is taking advantage of your younger brother's poor condition. If you meet Brother Pu, with Brother Pu's bravery, let alone Gan Ning, who in Bashu can take over Brother Pu? With one move and a half, when Hanzhong and Bashu fight, this blood feud can be avenged." Pu Hu half-squinted his eyes and nodded with an unkind expression.Although the Jin people are considered barbarians by the Han people, they have actually been mostly civilized for a long time. Especially the Pu family, whose humanities are very close to those of the Han people, and who value family ties very seriously. Regarding the death of his younger brother Pu Chang, Pu Hu has always been grudged against him, and unless he kills Gan Ning, he will not be able to express his hatred, but for now, he still needs to suppress it for a while.
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Brazil County, Hanchang County.

"Gao Jun, these days have been very tiring." Meng Biao, the governor of Brazil County, consoled Gao Pei, the general of Anton Zhonglang.

Then he became a little indignant: "Barbarians are barbarians. They don't respect kings and don't know etiquette. A few letters from Hanzhong persuaded these barbarians to start an uprising and disturbed the Brazilian county."

After saying that, Meng Biao felt that the headache he had felt during this period had eased a little. A few days ago, the rice thief Zhang Lu sent a letter to the Banzhen barbarians in Brazil County, inciting the Banzhen barbarians to raise troops and cause trouble. Bancheng Man obeyed Zhang Lu's words and raised troops to rebel. The disturbing party was not at peace, which caused him, the governor of Brazil County, a very headache.

Fortunately, Gao Pei led his troops from Jiangzhou to Brazil County. Under Gao Pei's offensive, most of the rebellious Bancheng tribes in Brazil County were put down. A small number of them fled into the mountains and forests and fled. Today, most of the chaos in Brazil County is over. Eliminated.

Gao Pei, who had been in the army for a long time and had some knowledge of Zhang Lu, explained: "In the past, Zhang Lu attacked and killed Zhang Xiu, the commander of another tribe, and annexed Zhang Xiu's tribe. In his early years, Zhang Xiu preached in Badi, and there were many The Banren, that is, the Banchenmen believe in Tianshi Taoism; moreover, there are many Banchenmen in Zhang Lu's tribe, and they are related to the Banchenmans in Brazil County; secondly, the Banchenmen are not peaceful guys. , even without Zhang Lu's letters, these barbarians would rebel from time to time and make trouble over nothing; therefore, there is a reason why Zhang Lu's few letters, which are just a few words and do not bring any actual benefits, can persuade the barbarians in Bajun to revolt. of."

"That's it. I didn't expect that there was such a reason." Meng Biao nodded. As the governor of Brazil County, the Banchen barbarians rebelled under his rule, and it was considered a large-scale rebellion. This He was a little puzzled.

After all, as a famous scholar, Meng Biao had certain political talents. He did not treat Banzhen barbarians harshly and make Banzhen barbarians pay a lot of money like previous county governors. It is governed according to customs, but with such lenient treatment, it is unjustifiable that Banchen barbarians still have large-scale rebellions.

Now that he knows that one reason is that Tianshi Dao has a deep influence on Banzhen Man, and the other is because Zhang Lu’s tribe has relatives of Banzhen Man, he feels a little better and does not have any suspicion. His own political talent and ability failed Liu Zhang's trust.

Meng Biao, who was in a slightly happier mood, talked about the news he had received recently: "The people who were investigating Micang Road reported that there were a lot of flags in the mountains and forests of Micang Road in the past few days, and there were also many Banzhen barbarians. , according to their observation, a large number of Banzhen barbarians came south from the direction of Hanzhong, and they may be rice thieves who want to invade Badi."

"Moreover, there are many enemy flags, which can be said to be scattered all over the mountains and plains. As for the Bancheng barbarians, they are also present in all directions. They are probably rice thieves who are leading the masses to go south. In my opinion, there are at least ten thousand thieves. I'm afraid The strength of the soldiers under General Zhonglang's tent is somewhat difficult to cope with. You and I should jointly submit a letter to report this matter to the Prefectural Mufu and ask the Prefectural Mufu to send troops to assist."

After saying this news, Meng Biao's face became a little heavy. As the governor of Brazil County, there was no room for failure in Brazil County. At present, Zhang Lu's army of more than [-] people was heading south and would arrive soon, but Gao Pei only had four men. There were more than a thousand soldiers, which made him a little worried. He was afraid that Gao Pei would be defeated and Brazil County would be captured by Zhang Lu. When the time came, he would definitely bear part of the responsibility for the loss of land.

When Gao Pei heard this, he smiled and shook his head. He comforted Meng Biao, who looked a little uneasy: "Don't worry, Mr. Meng. It's not yet time to send an official document to the Prefecture Mufu for reinforcements, and the army of rice thieves has not gone south yet. We have not yet fought with them, and the outcome has not yet been decided. How can we go to disturb the Prefecture and Mufu at this time? When the news of Brazil's request for help reaches Nanzhong, and Mingzheng is going to conquer the Soyi in Nanzhong, I am afraid it will affect Ming Gong’s offensive and invigorate the momentum of the rebellious people in Nanzhong.”

"Gao Jun." Meng Biao became nervous. He felt that Gao Pei was a little too arrogant, and he was afraid that he would be arrogant and would be defeated: "There are more than ten thousand rice thieves, and I can't wait for four thousand. Four thousand against ten thousand people, even It's unwise. I know that Mr. Gao is brave and has more strategies, but the plan is foolproof. Please be more careful and don't underestimate the rice thief."

"It's not that I underestimated the rice thief. In fact, the thief is not strong, and he is just bluffing." As soon as Gao Pei's words came out, Meng Biao showed a confused look on his face.

Gao Pei explained in detail: "The Art of War goes like this: Use it to show it cannot be used, use it to show it is not used, show it is far when it is close, show it is far when it is far. If there are really ten thousand rice thieves, they should reduce the number of flags to confuse them. We, made us think that it was right for them to have a small number of troops. But now the rice thieves are making a big show of their efforts, and they have even planted flags in the mountains and forests. This shows that the rice thieves have a small number of soldiers, so they need to plant flags widely to strengthen their momentum."

"Secondly, if the rice thieves wanted to lead the masses to go south and invade Bashu, why did they abandon the flat and spacious Jinniu Road and instead march through the rugged and difficult rice warehouse road? The rice warehouse road is narrow, winding, and steep, which is not conducive to transporting grain and is not conducive to transportation. The use of troops to do the opposite shows that the rice thieves are really unintentionally attacking Brazil, but they just want to harass the country, drag us around, and waste our money and food."

"Furthermore, I heard that the rice thieves ordered Sima Li Xiu to build a new city on the Zouma Ridge in front of Yangping Pass to resist our army's crusade in the future. It can be seen that the rice thieves have no intention of attacking Bashu and are just defending themselves. It’s just that, how could a self-defeating thief lead an army south to invade our country, Brazil?”

"Therefore, in my opinion, the number of thieves on Micang Road should be around three thousand. The rice thieves cannot afford to feed more. After all, the construction of the new city in front of Yangping Pass will cost a lot of money and food. I have four people now." There are more than a thousand people, four thousand against three thousand, there is no chance of failure. Even if we consider the enemy as lenient as possible, it will be enough to deal with the bandits going south if there are five thousand. We only need to recruit some soldiers from Brazil."

After Meng Biao listened to Gao Pei's analysis, he thought for a moment, avoided the table and thanked Gao Pei: "Biao heard what Gao Jun said, it's like turning the clouds to see the fog, but Biao was impatient for a moment and was not familiar with military affairs, so he almost did it." If something goes wrong, if we disturb the Prefectural Mufu and ask for help from the Prefectural Mufu, it may affect the progress of Ming Gong's expedition to Nanzhong, and then Biao will be guilty."

"It's just that at the moment, how should we deal with it? If this group of bandits invades everywhere and makes Brazil uneasy, you and I, who are responsible for defending the land, may not be able to escape the blame, and we have betrayed the trust and trust of Duke Ming. "

(End of this chapter)