Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 119: Seeking Yishan
Under the oil lamp, Zhuge Liang lay on the desk, writing letters by hand under the illumination of orange candlelight.

"After we said goodbye to Xiangyang, Liang and his brother have not seen each other for three years. Liang was lucky enough to meet the Ming Lord in Longzhong, and received an invitation to pay three respects and promised to drive him. Now he has arrived in Nanchang, Yuzhang, and heard that his brother traveled to Wuzhong..."

After Zhuge Liang entered Liu Bei's account, he was determined to recruit talents for Liu Bei.Before leaving Xiangyang, he tried to recruit Shi Tao and Meng Jian. Unfortunately, they were not optimistic about Liu Bei. No matter how Zhuge Liang persuaded him, they wanted to return to the north and serve as officials.

Although recruiting the two failed, Zhuge Liang did not give up. When he arrived in Nanchang, he took up the idea of ​​his brother Zhuge Jin and his friends Bu Zhi and Yan Zhen.

Zhuge Jin arrived in Jiangdong at the beginning of the year of Sun Ce's death. He had the same status as Lu Su and was a guest of Sun Quan's family.Zhuge Jin saw that Sun Quan did not take him seriously, so he traveled to Jiangdong with his friends Bu Zhi and Yan Zhen, and his reputation gradually became prominent.

If we follow the course of history, they will be known to Sun Quan in recent years due to their outstanding reputations, and will then be appointed officials.Unfortunately, Liu Bei and Liu Qi led their troops to invade Jiangdong. Sun Quan was troubled by the war and had no time to deal with them.

The three of them continued to travel in Wuzhong. Two months ago, Zhuge Liang received a letter from Zhuge Jin and learned of the whereabouts of the three of them.Today Zhuge Liang arrived in Nanchang and wrote a special letter.In the letter, Zhuge Liang expressed his longing for Liu Bei and praised Liu Bei's ability and demeanor as a courteous corporal.

At the end, Zhuge Liang highly praised the talents of the three people and said that if they could serve Liu Bei, Liu Bei would definitely reuse them.

After writing nearly a thousand words eloquently, Zhuge Liang put the pen down on his desk, waited for the ink on the letter to dry, and shouted: "Here comes someone!"

"exist!"

Zhuge Liang put the scarf into a letter bag and told his attendants: "The war is in chaos. Let's see if we can find merchants in the city and ask them to deliver this letter to a scholar named Zhuge Jin from the Yinbu clan in Kuaiji Shan."

"No!" the attendant responded with his hands raised.

In these troubled times, there were no full-time messengers to deliver messages, and most of them relied on local businessmen and powerful men to deliver the news.The powerful businessmen in these places have been doing business all year round, and most of them have their own networks to ensure that goods are not robbed. At the same time, they work part-time to deliver letters and charge fees to ordinary people.

The Shanyin Bu clan was not a local gentry in Kuaiji, but a large Huaiyin clan in Xuzhou.However, due to the war in Xuzhou, the Bu family moved to Lujiang.Sun Ce attacked Lukang in Lujiang. To avoid the war, the Bu family continued southward to the Yangtze River and fled to Shanyin in Kuaiji.Although the Bu family left their homeland and suffered a disastrous decline, their family heritage was still there and they gradually survived in Shanyin.

When the attendant came out with the letter, Taishi Heng from Liu Bei's tent arrived at the door, cupped his hands and said, "My lord has something to discuss with the military advisor. I'd like to trouble the military advisor to follow Heng."

"it is good!"

Zhuge Liang picked up the feather fan on the desk and led Tai Shiheng to the side hall.In the hall, Liu Bei had been chatting with Huo Jun and Xu Shu for a long time, and he only got up when he saw Zhuge Liang.

"Yuan Zhi and Kong Ming have known each other for a long time. I wonder if Zhong Miao is familiar with Kong Ming?" Liu Bei said.

"Liang has met Huo Poyang!"

Zhuge Liang cupped his hands with his fan and said with a smile: "Liang still remembers the general's demeanor in Xiangyang. He is deeply in admiration for his achievements in Jiangdong."

Huo Jun also returned the gift with his hand and said with a smile: "My contribution is not worth mentioning. But the pair on the river presented by Kong Ming is quite amazing, which makes Jun heartbroken. If there is a chance, Jun is willing to ask Kong Ming for advice."

Huo Jun was amazed when he learned from Liu Bei Zhuge Liang's strategy of conquering the south and the north.Scholars of the country are still scholars of the country. How can they become mediocre due to changes in the current situation if they possess great talents?

Huo Jun pushed the gears of the times and used vertical and horizontal means to borrow Liu Qi for Liu Bei, led his army into Jiangdong, and implemented the method of dividing the north and the south.Zhuge Liang stood on Huo Jun's shoulders and deduced the route of the Northern Expedition after the world was divided into two parts. His viewpoints and angles are amazing.

"Don't dare!" Liu Bei felt relieved when he saw Huo Jun and Zhuge Liang's humble attitude. He smiled and asked a few people to sit down and discuss the matter.

Liu Bei took out the map of Danyang and said: "According to reports from scouts, Gui Lan and Dai Yuan were killed by the design of Xu, Sun Yi's wife. And although Sun He died, his soldiers were not dispersed. They were led by his nephew Sun Shao and built the Build towers and oars and repair ordnance. Zhu Zhi also dispatched sergeants to encircle Wanling."

After saying that, Liu Bei rejoiced and said: "I'm glad I listened to what Zhongmiao and Yuanzhi said. Otherwise, if we easily raise our troops to invade the enemy, we might be defeated by the enemy because we go deep into the mountains!"

After killing Sun He, Gui Lan and Dai Yuan knew that the incident had been exposed, so they simply rebelled. They sent people to contact Liu Bei and sent people to welcome Liu Fu.Unfortunately, they were greedy for women and insisted on plundering Sun Yi's wives and concubines. Mrs. Xu took the opportunity to win over Sun Yi's old men and held a banquet to kill them both.

At that time, Sun Quan had led his troops back to Danyang, and the sergeants arrived at Wanling City.Not long after arriving at the city, Mrs. Xu had people take the heads of Gui Lan and Dai Yuan out of the city, and the Danyang Rebellion ended.

Sun Quan was also speechless. The two prefects, Sun Yi and Sun He, were killed by the rebels, forcing him to lead his army back. However, the rebellion was easily solved by a weak woman.

Although the Danyang Rebellion subsided, the army had returned from Chaisang and lost the prerequisite for fighting the Jingzhou Army.Sun Quan adopted Zhou Yu's advice and urgently sent Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai and other generals to guard She County. He then sent his generals to the local area and allowed them to recruit troops on their own, preparing to attack Yuzhang in the second half of the year.

Liu Bei spread out the map and pointed out: "Sun Quan has ordered his generals to recruit troops on their own, fearing that they may offend me. Our army should strike first and not compete with Sun on the water, but instead march into the counties of Yishan to compete for Danyang County. If After obtaining the counties in Yishan, our army can overlook Wu County. When the troops leave Yishan, they can go down to Jiangdong. However, the terrain of the counties in Yishan is rugged and the mountains are entrenched. I wonder if you have any plans?"

Why Liu Bei wanted to attack the counties in Yishan as soon as possible was mainly to seize the initiative on the battlefield, maximize his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and give full play to his own advantages in land warfare.If Jiangdong Army is allowed to take the lead in attacking, they will take the water route, which is not good news for Liu Bei who lacks navy.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, She County is the most important among the counties in Yishan. If She County can be conquered, then the counties in Yishan can attack. However, the mountains around She County are densely populated. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must defeat the enemy. The higher Mount Zhaofu should be, the higher one should be, and one should not have any grudge against him."

When Sun Ce pacified Yuzhang, he sent troops from Wu County up the Yangtze River and never went to Yishan Mountain. Therefore, there were too many Shanyue clan thieves who had not yet surrendered in Yishan Mountain.Liu Bei chose to take the Yi Mountain to attack Wu Commandery. The enemies he faced were not only Sun Quan, but also the Shanyue clan thieves.If it is not handled well, the Shanyue clan thieves will gather into an army and it will be enough for Liu Bei to have a headache.

Xu Shu frowned and said: "As far as I know, there are bandit commanders Jin Qi and Mao Gan stationed in Anle Mountain in She County. Both of them have tens of thousands of households under their command. It's better to send envoys to She County now." We offer money and food to make friends with the two troops as a sign of friendship between our troops."

Shexian County has a key geographical location. From Shexian County, you can go to Qiantang along the Zhejiang River, or you can reach Wanling along the Shehe River. It is located on an important transportation route.However, as Xu Shu said, She County is also the place where the most Shanyue clan commanders are. There are tens of thousands of households under Jin Qi and Mao Gan alone, not including those other Shanyue barbarians.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, turned to look at Zhuge Liang, and asked, "What do Kong Ming think?"

Zhuge Liang gently shook his feather fan and said: "We can follow Yuan Zhi's words. However, when troops enter the high mountains, the first priority is supply. The enemy has been fighting for a long time. If the food and grass are cut off, our army will be defeated without a fight. Liang thinks that Yuan Zhi can fight Pan Chengming He will be in Yuzhang and Poyang to make arrangements and do his best to collect military supplies and grain for the army."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "My lord, although Commander Shanyue Zong did evil, Ran Liang has a way to deal with it. In this battle, Liang please order me to join the army."

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "In that case, I'd like to help Kong Ming follow the army."

"Don't dare!"

With Zhuge Liang's guarantee, Liu Bei felt relieved and said: "In this battle, I and the eldest son sent troops to She County. Lao Zhongmiao will defend the Poyang Waterway and lead the partial army into Lujiang River to attack the four counties in the north of the Yangtze River."

"Please rest assured that you will live up to the general's expectations." Huo Jun said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)