Chapter 125 Tianshui Qilin

"Cao Zhen, is he the one who saw through my third brother's plan before Hanzhong?"

Guan Yu still had an impression.

"It was him. Yide used the same trick again but was discovered, leading to the fall of the city and the general's death."

Liu Bei stared at his third brother and said.

Zhang Fei's face flushed and he couldn't speak. He simply turned his face and bowed:

"Then if you want to fight Cao Zhen later, I, your third brother, will fight!"

Everyone laughed.

Huang Zhong stared at Zhao Yun's name on the screen and said with emotion:

"At this time, General Zilong is nearly seventy years old."

"He still led the troops in the battle all his life. In the words of the screen, he can be said to have devoted himself to the cause."

During this period of time, Huang Zhong would occasionally think of Dingjun Mountain when he shot Le Jin's scouts while guarding Dangyang.

What was the seventy-year-old self thinking at that time? Wasting his life with nothing but military power? Getting up and winning fame in old age?

And what about General Zhao Yun? It is difficult to achieve success and establish a reputation by using false troops to attract the army. All the efforts are just for the Han Dynasty and the lord.

"General Zilong is so sincere that I am not as good as him." Huang Zhong admired him.

"Zilong needs to be the governor of Yizhou." Liu Bei glanced at his third brother again. He seemed to be quite yearning for the lamb in the words of the light curtain.

Zilong can grow crops, and the third brother can eat. The difference between the generals is also quite big.

Kong Ming said nothing. Looking at the map on the light curtain, he had guessed the route:

It should pass Wudu and go to Tianshui. Is Jiang Wei, who has been mentioned several times by the light curtain, finally coming?

[The Prime Minister's expedition to Qishan also started from Hanzhong, the front-line base.

Go west along the Han River to the Ju River, then go west to the Jialing River (West Han River), and then go up along the waterway to Longxi.

This route will pass through Wudu County, which was emptied by Cao Cao. Because it is too close to Hanzhong, Cao Cao also took Wudu County when he moved the people of Hanzhong after the defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong.

After the prime minister arrived at Qishan, Longyou was shocked:

The people of Cao Wei were dumbfounded. I have already reached Mei, where are you, Zhuge Liang?

On the one hand, Cao Wei oppressed the people too much, and on the other hand, the prime minister raised the Han flag.

Among the five counties in Longyou, Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding counties rose up to welcome the king's army, and the governors of the three counties were also very straightforward and ran away directly.

And the governor of Longxi County, You Chu, was a wonderful man who knew how to hedge risks.

When Ji Han attacked, all three counties surrendered, and he simply gathered everyone and said something shocking:

The other counties have surrendered, and your wealth has also arrived!

Then he explained in detail that what we should do now is to defend Xiangwu City first, because:

If the Wei army finally comes, we will have made great contributions to defending the city, and with the support of the other three counties, it will definitely be a great achievement, right?

And if the Wei army does not come, you can cut off my head as the governor and offer it to the Han army, which is also a great fortune.

The officials and people thought that the governor was right, and we won't lose anything. We are really like the first emperor eating peppercorns-winning!

So Xiangwu City united as one and planned to defend it first.

And You Chu himself was not idle either. Facing the Han army coming over, he shouted directly:

Brother, if your prime minister can cut off the Long Road and lock the Wei army outside for a month, then let alone our Longxi County, the entire Longyou will surrender without fighting!

But if you can't cut off the Long Road, then your fighting now is in vain.

You Chu's words are very clear. Whether the prime minister can succeed in this first northern expedition depends on one key point: cutting off the Long Road. 】

Ma Liang's hand trembled, and a piece of white paper with a few words just copied was stained with ink. He could only change the paper in a hurry and copy the content just now.

As a talented person who was praised at a young age, Ma Liang's knowledge was certainly not bad.

The three words "Jue Longdao" weighed heavily on his heart and made him speechless.

After seeing his brother's information in the records before, Ma Liang had read all the geographical maps and records, but did not see Jieting, but found Jiequanting, which was located just to guard Longdao.

Jiang Wan was very confident in the military advisor:

"Since this mere Longxi prefect can see it, the prime minister must have been prepared!"

"This prefect You Chu is quite quick-witted." Liu Bei praised.

Everyone knew that the lord was regretting again: You are a beautiful woman, why do you follow Cao?

Guan Yu was a little puzzled when he looked at the route out of Qishan: "How can the Ju River go west to the West Han River?"

Kong Ming frowned and looked at the two words "Long Dao" and said, "This is the work of Yu Xu."

"In the second year of Yuanchu, he served as the governor of Wudu. He burned stones and cut wood to open a canal. Since then, water transportation has been smooth."

Guan Yu nodded when he heard it. This made sense. In this way, food and grass can be transported from Hanzhong to Qishan through the river. I don't know how many times more convenient it is.

Kong Ming was secretly worried in his heart. Now he can see clearly: of course he has to go to Juelong Road.

But the light curtain said that there were six trips to Qishan, which meant that it didn't work in the end. What went wrong with such a good opportunity?

Several possibilities turned in Kong Ming's mind, and then he looked at Ma Su.

Ma Su hurriedly sat up straight, thinking in his head:

The military advisor is also a talented person, but now he still looks handsome and is about the same age as me. How can I recognize him as my adoptive father?

No way, no way, Ma Su shook his head in his heart, and then decided:

It is better to work hard to make merit and treat him as a brother.

[As we said before, Cao Zhen was still in Luoyang at this time, so there were three highest officials here.

Xiahou Mao, General Anxi, the governor of Guanzhong, was not good at military affairs and liked to make money and keep concubines. He was a waste and was not mentioned.

Xu Miao, the governor of Liangzhou, was a capable minister, but he had just taken office in the same year as the prime minister went to Qishan. He was an unlucky guy and was not mentioned.

The problem lies with the governor of Yongzhou, Guo Huai and Guo Boji.

Because Yongliang had been conquered by Cao Cao before, Wuzhou Mu was appointed as a governor, whose responsibility was to supervise, evaluate, and ultimately report to the central government.

In terms of time, it is usually around the Chinese New Year, such as "At the beginning of the year, I go to Kyoto to perform events", such as "The states often patrol in August..."

In other words, the regular work process of the governor is to start inspection and scoring in August every year, and to make a report to the central emperor around the end of the year.

But it was in the spring when the prime minister left Qishan. Logically speaking, Guo Huai should be in Luoyang at this time holding his wife, singing songs, eating hot pot and watching the shooting.

But at this time, Guo Huai was inspecting Yongzhou. After hearing the news, he immediately decided to retreat to Shanggui to ensure that the Long Road was not lost. 】

"What a pity!" Zhang Fei slapped Huang Zhong on the thigh and sighed:

"Why doesn't Guo Huai learn from Cao Zhen and enjoy life in Luoyang?"

Guan Yu disagreed:

"When we leave Qishan, we have already taken advantage of surprise. We have neither heavy troops nor generals."

"The chance of victory cannot be solely based on luck, but we should be prepared to attack Shanggui before sending troops!"

"This is the truth..." Zhang Fei sighed.

Kong Ming also smiled and said: "Yi De, just like your old trick of distinguishing under the light curtain is repeated."

"When it comes to using troops, you can't always expect the opponent's general to be a fool."

Zhang Fei stopped talking: "Why are you, military advisor, worried too?"

Looking at Xia Houmao's comments in front of him, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little lucky:

At least according to the light screen, Adou still has merit.

That Xiahou Yuanrang was a confidant of Cao Cao's thieves, and he was also quite talented and famous in martial arts, but his son was so incompetent?

[Guo Huai has a little episode here.

Of course Guo Huai was accompanied by the local governor during his inspection.

Faced with the news of the Prime Minister's call, Guo Huai decided to retreat to Shanggui. Ma Zunze, the prefect of Tianshui, said: Sir, take me with you!

Ma Zun’s officials disagreed: Sir! You are the prefect of Tianshui, you should go back to Ji County to defend!

There is nothing wrong with this request, because the administrative seat of Tianshui County is Ji County, not Shanggui.

In response, Ma Zun yelled at his men: You bunch of traitors! He must have wanted to tie me up and give it to Zhuge Villager to take credit! Get out of here!

This group of officials had no choice but to return to Hebei County. In ancient times, the officials were basically local people. Their family members were all in Hebei County, so they had no choice but to go back.

Then when they arrived at Ji County, before they entered the gate, the leading clerk was dragged away by the Ji County elders to see the Prime Minister:

Prime Minister, look, this is our Tianshui Qilin'er!

This year, the 47-year-old prime minister met the 26-year-old Jiang Wei for the first time.

At this time, Jiang Wei was still immature, and the prime minister was still worried about the Northern Expedition. 】

Jian Yong couldn't laugh or cry:

"A child of nine years old?"

It makes sense that he couldn't ask for it.

"Isn't this good?!" Zhang Fei was overjoyed:

“Mr.

"Nonsense!" Liu Bei scolded.

Ma Su's ears twitched quietly: Is this Jiang Wei very powerful?

Jiang Wan didn't care much and just sighed:

"This Ma Zun is so courageous."

"This shows that the people of Longyou can use their hearts." Ma Liang thought it was normal:

"There are only a few people who can speak as eloquently as You Chu."

Then Ma Liang and Jiang Wan couldn't help but turn their eyes to the military advisor:

When it comes to eloquence, who in this world can be better than a military advisor?

There is probably only the "Prime Minister" in the light curtain. He can curse anyone with a vigorous and heroic manner, especially the "shameless" sentence imitated by General Zhang, which can be said to have been around for three days.

[After Guo Huai retreated to Shanggui, he began to hold on because he knew how important this place was.

And what about the Prime Minister? Being too steady will waste time.

Looking back at this first Northern Expedition, Qishan guard Gao Gang was considered to have made a great contribution.

Gao Gang defended against the mountain, holding back the prime minister's fierce attack, and finally made the prime minister abandon Qishan City and continue to advance eastward.

But the delay of these few days was enough for Guo Huai to improve Shanggui's city defense and wait for his work.

And when the prime minister came here, he knew clearly that Shanggui must be defeated, so there was no need to say, let's attack the city.

Shanggui must be attacked, but the Long Road must also be blocked.

At that time, there were several entrances from Guanzhong to Longyou, but these roads eventually had to pass through Jieting and pass Shanggui, so that they could reach Longyou.

First of all, the street pavilion is easy to defend. It is part of the Long Road and the terrain is not wide.

Secondly, the altitude of Yongliang is higher than that of Guanzhong, so it has the advantage of height difference, and it is also upstream of the river.

For such an important position, some of the generals recommended Wei Yan and others recommended Wu Yi.

But the Prime Minister didn't listen to any of them, and chose Ma Di against all odds:

You come to guard the street pavilion! 】