At the ruined and stern front of Chen Cang City, a mighty and powerful man over 50 years old, with a strong face, wearing exquisite armor, steady steps, and keenly looking at the continuous camp outside the city.

This person has a square face, deep and steep face, and a majestic beard. He was Huangfu Song, one of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, and a famous general of Western Liang.

As the saying goes, an expert looks at the tricks, while an outsider watches the fun.

Huangfu Song was born into a family of generals and led his troops for nearly twenty years. Even if he just looked at the enemy camp, he could see the clues from the smoke, flags, and conquests. He roughly predicted whether the enemy's morale was still high and whether daily activities were frequent.

"The smoke from cooking is 30% less than that in the twelfth lunar month, but the cooking time is half longer. The snow has been clear for several consecutive days, and the dust on the patrols in the camp has become less and less. It seems that the thief has already 'in one go, three times exhausted', and will soon retreat due to the spring famine! It will be just enough to chase and kill!"

After Huangfu Song observed, he talked to himself confidently.

However, behind him, a fat, strong and equally old general was also observing the enemy situation just now, but he refuted:

"Duke Huangfu, the military strategy is that the enemy is not pursued, and the army should not be stopped. Our army is cowardly and dare not fight. We were besieged for May. Since the beginning of winter last year, we only ate one meal a day. I am afraid that morale will decline even more than the thief army. There are more than 100,000 thieves and 40,000 of our army. How can we chase after it? They are willing to withdraw the siege and let them leave."

Huangfu Song retorted sternly: "Dong Zhongying! This is not a defeated enemy, this is a tired army that has been besieged for five months! When you go to war, your Majesty will give me and supervise all the troops. If you refuse to chase after him, just stay in Chen Cang. I will lead my own troops to chase and kill 20,000 troops!"

It turned out that the person who quarreled with the left general Huangfu Song was former general Dong Zhuo. In the early autumn of last year, the two were dispatched by the court at the same time, and each led 20,000 people, mainly Huangfu Song, came to intercept the Liangzhou thief kingdom that came from Tianshui. After the kingdom died, he continued to fight with Han Sui.

Perhaps some viewers would be surprised: These two famous generals led a total of 40,000 Han troops, but they were unable to defeat Han Sui, who was known as "with more than 100,000 people"?

Didn’t it be agreed that a Han would fight against the Five Barbarians? Didn’t it be agreed that Baibo, Heishan, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun would all have “capitalized more than 100,000 people”? Han Sui also had only more than 100,000, so how could he fight so much?

This has to admit a misunderstanding. After all, because the Liangzhou soldiers later committed many historical crimes against the Han Dynasty in history, many images mainly in "Romance of the Romance" more or less belittled the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou army.

To be fair, the Qiang Rebellion in the late Han Dynasty has been more than 20 years ago, and the people here have been tested for war and have never been put down. Therefore, the Liangzhou soldiers have caused more than 100,000 rebellions, and their power is indeed higher than that of the thieves in other places.

There is no need to explain anything else. Just say that Huangfu Song's subordinates pulled out a Liangzhou army, Sima Que Yi, and transferred to Hebei without the war, and he could even see the gap.

Huangfu Song, despite the increasing disagreement between his views and Dong Zhuo, decided to prepare for the pursuit alone.

Even Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, who had been like this for twenty years, are now only General Left and Generals, which shows how valuable Emperor Ling was in the past.

With Liu Bei's qualifications, even if he spends more money, if he can play the role of "cooperating with Huangfu Song to completely annihilate Han Sui", he will be able to be a "General of the Western Expedition" who is only one level lower than the front, back and left and right; but now he is only ordered to help fight and repel Han Sui, and after opening up the Chen Cang Road, he will deal with the much weaker Zhang Lu, so he is only worthy of General Zhenxi who is the lowest.

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The conversation was divided into two ends. On the banks of the Weishui River, more than 200 miles downstream of Chencang, Liu Bei's army spent three days steadily steadily at an average marching speed of 60 miles a day.

On January 25, Liu Bei's army finally arrived at the last destination east of Chencang County, and left to the western suburbs of Mei County, where Wuzhangyuan, on the shore of the Wei River, set up camp.

The three county towns along the way were all built at the intersection of the Wei River and the tributary that merged into the Wei River from the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains on the south side.

The Mangshui flows into the Wei River in Meiyang County, the Luoshui flows into the Wei River in Wugong, and the Wugongshui flows into the Wei River in Wuzhangyuan west of Meixian County.

The valley where Wugong Water passes through the Qinling Mountains is called Baoxi Road, and the valley where Luo Water passes through the Qinling Mountains is called Tangluo Road. These two roads are also important roads that cross the Qinling Mountains, but they are much narrower than Chencang Road. Moreover, neither Wugong Water nor Luo Water can cross the main watershed between Taibai Mountain and Shenling, so they cannot reach Hanzhong south.

Liu Bei's camp is leaning against the Wei River on the right side, Wugong Water on the front, and Taibai Mountain on the left side, so the defense is very stable. Fifty miles westward is Chencang City—

This is also a historical coincidence, because Liu Bei's current camp location is the camp location when Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang confronted him in history. It is because of this that Zhuge Liang was unable to bypass Sima Yi's camp and advance. It can only be said that the heroes have similar views, and the people who know the soldiers have similar visions to camp.

Liu Bei was not aggressive, and he was also afraid that Han Sui's strength would still be strong. If he found out that the Han army reinforcements had given up Huangfu Song and concentrated all his efforts to siege the city and fight for him, it would be troublesome.

So after arriving at Wuzhangyuan, Liu Bei was preparing for the high and deep ditches of the camp, and sent Zhao Yun to investigate Han Sui's recent situation with light cavalry.

At the same time, some troops were divided into the siege of the Mei County behind the arrival of the army. We established good relations with the powerful people, understood the local situation, and persuaded the Mei County government to help provide food and grass for a period of time to leave a backup for the protracted war.

When he was arranging a camp, Li Su also inspected himself, and brought his current assistant teacher, 16-year-old Zhuge Jin, and Zhuge Liang, who had just turned nine years old, watched the fun with his assistant brother.

"The danger of the Qinling Mountains is indeed better than Mount Tai. I have read history since I was a child. The situation of mountains and rivers in the world is often unsolvable in "Xia Benji". As expected, I still have to travel all the famous mountains and rivers in person to gain insights." The young Zhuge Liang, with the mentality of traveling around the mountains and rivers, looked at Taibai Mountain on the left side of the camp, and pondered inspiration.

Since his father was buried in October, he followed the Liu Bei army's team of advisers to enter Luo from Sui River, traveled to the Baguan Pass near the capital, and also looked at the mountains and valleys of Hedong, and understood why the Battle of Changping in history books was like that.

He left the Luhan again, saw the danger of Hangu in Tongguan and the obstacles of the pillars of Shaanxi Gorge, and finally arrived here again, and saw that the Wei River was east of Qinling Mountains, and Weinan could be defended everywhere, and each tributary could form a great obstacle to the attacking party's march.

These insights greatly inspired Zhuge Liang's young mind. Every night, he would write down his diary about his experience of traveling around the mountains and rivers. He also sighed in his heart: following Master Li to travel around the mountains and rivers, he could gain so much knowledge, which was more intuitive than reading.

Zhuge Jin, who was standing aside, was not familiar with military affairs. After hearing his younger brother's complaints, he couldn't help but ask: "The Wei River tributaries are mostly on the south bank and are born from the Qinling Mountains. If you want to bypass the powerful enemy, you can just drive straight from the north bank and march straight?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Brother, you have been with the army for two months, why haven't you learned the importance of food and grass? If you go to the north bank and let the enemy set up a camp on the south bank, how can you use the Wei River grain channel? Wouldn't it be that every grain ship is robbed by the enemy. You can only pull it over like a tributary.

Fortunately, Han Sui seemed to be a foolish person. Xuande Gong had already passed three Wei River tributaries along the way, and he did not see Han Sui coming forward to harass him, so that we could approach here with peace of mind."

Brother Zhuge chattered there for a long time, and Li Su returned to the account and ordered: "Ziyu, stop talking about these things. The emperor ordered me to go to Ji County and prepare for the military supplies of the famous officials in the city to guard the camp for a long battle. If you have time to say these, it would be better to accompany me."

Zhuge Jin quickly cleaned up: "Come here."

Zhuge Liang also wanted to walk around and gain knowledge and see the customs and customs of Guanxi, so he dressed up as a little book boy and walked into the city with a carriage.

Li Su and Lu Su handed over the business accounts and left.

After entering Mei County, Jin Ji, the county magistrate of Mei County, took the lead in greeting, and sent a drink to the army, and invited Zhou Tai, whom Li Su, to take over the city defense.

Li Su chatted with him for a few words, and the other party answered questions and answered them. Only then did Li Su realize that he was from the Jin family of Jingzhao - a descendant of the Jin Riyi clan, a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty, lived in the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an for generations.

The biggest official position among the Jinji clan is his cousin Jin Xuan, who served as an official in the Tianshui area in Liangzhou in the west a few years ago and became the prefect. However, because Tianshui was occupied by Han Sui, Jin Xuan could only return to Beijing to find a "consort" in shame. This was also the standard configuration for the prefect who lost land in the late Han Dynasty to spend money to exempt him from punishment.

Li Su was a little surprised when he heard the name Jin Xuan, because he never paid attention to such a small character. In his previous life, he only saw the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and realized that there was a supporting role No. 1 Wuling Prefect who was instantly killed by Liu Bei. Unexpectedly, he was still from Guanxi and went to Jingzhou to be an official - probably he couldn't continue working in Liangzhou, so he would spend money to buy it to Jingzhou.

After contacting officials in Mei County, Jin Ji recommended the famous scholars of the prominent clan in the city to meet Li Suyi one by one. Li Supo met several famous scholars of Fufeng.

The leader was named Fayan, who was about forty years old, but he did not drink with Li Su, but just bowed and stopped him. Li Su noticed that he was wearing a sling on his head, and knew that the other party was filial and difficult to deal with official social events.

After asking carefully, I realized that Fayan's original official position was not low. He had always been a Beijing official in Luoyang and was the left supervisor of the court. It was because he lost his father last year, so he resigned and returned to his hometown to mourn for three years. His father's name was Fazhen, and he was a famous scholar in Guanxi and was well-educated during his lifetime.

Tingwei is the Nine Ministers, and the adjutant of Tingwei is the Tingwei Zheng and Tingwei Left Supervisor. He is a senior Beijing official in the judicial department of Qianshi. He is much higher than the county magistrate of Ji County. No wonder Jin Ji is very polite in front of him.

After Fayan and Li Su politely complained, he accused him of the crime and said, "My father's death is about to be born, and it is not convenient for the public to be heard. If Li Zhonglang wants to raise donations, he can contact the dog son. If he doesn't think that the dog son is young, he can handle the money and grain."

It takes three years for the son to keep his father mourning, but only one year for the grandson to keep his grandfather. Fayan's father died for more than a year, so he has not yet made a filial piety, but his son has already made a filial piety. Although he cannot enjoy himself, he can help with some official affairs.

Li Su and Zhuge Jin then made some polite words to his son Fa Zheng and got to know each other.

Fa Zheng said generously: "If you accept donations to the army, please donate to the Zhonglang. I will invite the big families in the city to talk to Zhonglang. We will eat the Han fortune in the world. I have heard that Xuande Gong’s benevolent and righteous army will help the army."

"My dear brother is capable and really extraordinary." Zhuge Jin sighed enviously. Fa Zheng was two years younger than him.

Fa Zheng smiled indifferently: "No, it was forced out in the past few months. Before my father could produce filial piety, I would give filial piety first. I asked me to come forward for all the affairs of officials in the clan, which is also a must."

Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang felt bad: Your grandfather had been dead for more than a year and could force out this potential. Our biological father had only been dead for three or four months, and he had to do everything himself, and he had not seen any potential for forced out...
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