Three Kingdoms

Langzhong.

Qin Mi, who was temporarily acting as an agent for military and political affairs, did not feel the satisfaction of being in power at all. Instead, he was worried day and night, could not sleep well, and was too lazy to wave his beloved gold-painted fan.

From the day Zhang Ren led his troops to Hanchang, Qin Mi fell into involuntary panic.

The battle situation in front of him left Qin Mi at a loss...

Qin Mi is a counselor. From the day he joined the Liu Yan Group, Qin Mi has been a counselor. Although he has also handled government affairs and managed the county, the situation is completely different from today's situation.

Even if there were wars during Liu Yan's time, they were basically just some armed fights between the barbarians from Sichuan and Shu. Sometimes when soldiers from counties and counties arrived, each side would just fight fifty big boards. There was nothing too much at all. War.

And now...

It would be fine if Zhang Ren could succeed, but what if he couldn't?

What will happen if Nanchong's troops conquering the West come?

The supplies of military supplies are cut off, where should we go to prepare supplies?

A series of questions lingered in Qin Mi's mind, disturbing him for a moment.

In the original state of a counselor, Qin Mi only needs to come up with ideas. Anyway, others are the ones who make the decisions. If the ideas are not good, at most it will be a lack of learning, poor thinking, demotion or salary reduction. It’s over, who hasn’t made a mistake yet?

But now, if you make another mistake, you will die!

He had to come up with his own ideas, and he had to make up his own mind. This invisibly increased pressure made Qin Mihen unable to adapt. At the beginning, he actually issued two or three contradictory orders, which led to these things in Langzhong. The local officials looked at Qin Mi with even more doubts and scrutiny...

This situation further increased Qin Mi's psychological burden, and ultimately dragged down the entire affairs arrangement in Langzhong. With the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no faults, Qin Mi is now guarding Langzhong tremblingly, praying for Zhang Ren to win, and also praying that Nanchong's troops in the Western Expedition will not go north to attack.

As for what to attack Nanchong?

Let’s wait until General Zhang Renzhang comes back to talk about this kind of thing...

Qin Mi is worried.

Xu Shu was also worried.

However, some people appear to have no worries at all.

When Xu Shu was worried about Wei Yan's situation, Wei Yan was actually worried about his own war situation. However, unlike Xu Shu, Xu Shu was worried and still made progress while maintaining stability, while Wei Yan expressed his worries by passing them on. When he went out, he couldn't tell at all on the surface, and he was smiling, which made Duhu somewhat helpless.

"You're a madman!" Du Hu muttered dissatisfiedly in front of Wei Yan. He had already said this three times, but he still couldn't help but say it again, "Moving into Guanghan before Nanchong is stable! Crazy, crazy Oh! It’s crazy!”

"Hahaha!" Wei Yan didn't take Du Hu's disrespectful words seriously, but said with a smile, "I'm crazy, aren't you still with me?"

"I'm crazy too!" Du Hu said angrily, "I happen to know the guard of Nanchong, so I don't have to fight with weapons, which is pretty good, but... but I don't know who the guard of Guanghan is!"

Du Hu looked around and lowered his voice and said: "General Wei, I'm not saying that I'm discouraged. Look at us. We don't have much food and grass, and we don't carry siege equipment. We go to Guanghan like this... General, think twice... …”

"Well, you haven't seen The Art of War..." Wei Yan said with a smile, "In the Art of War, the most important thing is not equipment or food, but surprise! Do you know? What is surprise? Don't wait for others to be prepared. Besides, how troublesome is that? Isn’t it? How boring is it to fight for a long time with a clanging sound and nothing happens? Taking someone by surprise means taking advantage of others when they are unprepared. Just one strike like this... and it’s over. Isn’t it easier? "

Du Hu was stunned for a moment and said, "That's right, but if you can't kill him with one knife... wouldn't we be in trouble?"

Wei Yan laughed loudly and said: "How can it be possible that I can't be killed? How about you call someone to see if I can be killed or not with one slash? Don't worry, you think we are taking a risk. The people in Guanghan must not have thought of it..."

Du Hu sighed, feeling that he could not convince Wei Yan, so he could only shake his head, then sighed again, ended the argument with Wei Yan, and went to the side muttering some ridiculous dialect, which was probably 80% Not a good word either.

Wei Yan smiled and didn't care what Du Hu said. He just regulated the march of the army, running forward and back from time to time. When he saw some soldiers who couldn't do their job well, they either laughed and cursed or hit them with their scabbards. The soldiers under his command also didn't do anything. I think this is a severe punishment, but sometimes I will make noises...

Wei Yan originally started as a non-commissioned officer at the lowest level. Although he is now a partial general, he does not have much of the airs of a general. This makes ordinary soldiers feel more friendly. It is precisely because of this that the long and boring mountain road seems not so boring. After suffering, the soldiers were able to maintain their marching speed.

In fact, didn't Wei Yan know what Du Hu said?

not necessarily.

Wei Yan had much more considerations than Du Hu. Although what Wei Yan said was unexpected and seemed very relaxed, the pressure in Wei Yan's heart was not much less than that of Du Hu.

Nanchong was captured, but Langzhong was still there, and attacking Langzhong, which was heavily defended, basically required a forceful attack. It would be thankless to do such a thing just relying on the force configuration that Wei Yan and Du Hu currently had on hand.

However, staying in Nanchong and waiting for help seems to be a good choice, but Wei Yan knows that as long as people are free, they will have distracting thoughts!

What's more, Wei Yan's current situation is almost as if he is going deep alone. If some complicated rumors arise among the soldiers during the defense period, Wei Yan's vitality will be severely damaged even if he is forcibly suppressed by the marching method.

If such a situation really occurs, the fallen general Lei Tong will still cooperate obediently without any idea?

Therefore, Wei Yan dared to brag to the maximum extent. As if he did not fortify Lei Tong at all, he still appointed Lei Tong to act as Nanchong County Magistrate. He would make arrangements after General Zhengxi arrived later, and then said that he would work with Du Hu. Continue to advance into the hinterland of Sichuan and Sichuan!

Wei Yan was so decisive, and he really frightened Lei Tong, so that Lei Tong didn't dare to show any caution. In Lei Tong's understanding, it can be inferred that if Wei Yan is so strong, there must be follow-up soldiers to follow. I am afraid that the army of the Western Expedition has already arrived in Langzhong and will arrive in Nanchong soon...

Therefore, Lei Tong not only patted his chest to express his loyalty, but also specially handed over the materials and grain that were originally intended to be transported to Langzhong and asked Wei Yan to carry them to Guanghan.

This is one aspect, and on the other hand, when Wei Yan went to Guanghan, he did not go up and chop to solve the problem as Du Hu said, because Wei Yan also knew that he did not bring some heavy siege weapons. Even if the equipment is temporarily assembled under Guanghan City, it will not solve any problem. Therefore, if Guanghan cannot be defeated easily, then a strong attack is meaningless.

However, from another perspective, if the Guanghan defenders saw Wei Yan leading troops, what would they think? Would they know that Wei Yan was actually incapable of storming Guanghan County?

Therefore, even if Wei Yan cannot defeat Guanghan, it will inevitably prevent the defenders of Guanghan from attacking Nanchong easily, which in disguise will buy more time for them to defend Nanchong.

Wei Yan looked at Du Hu, who was a little depressed at the side, laughed twice, and ordered loudly: "Go forward! When we reach the front mountain, we will bury the pot and cook, and rest for a while!"

The soldiers agreed and quickened their pace.

Wei Yan's eyes looked into the distance, Guanghan, Guanghan. I wonder what the situation in Guanghan is now, and how he will welcome us when we arrive?

In Guanghan City, Zhao Wei was also very troubled by the battle situation in front of him.

Liu Zhang seemed to be crazy and wanted to attack Zhao Wei without hesitation. This not only surprised Zhao Wei, but also made Zhao Wei fall into passivity.

Zhao Wei did not want to go against Liu Zhang. His main target was Pang Xi.

When Liu Yan entered Sichuan, Zhao Wei, who was the magistrate of Taicang at the time, resolutely resigned and followed Liu Yan to Sichuan in order to make contributions in his hometown and expand his family's power. Zhao Wei is a Brazilian, so he naturally hopes that his family will not only develop in Brazil County, but even expand to the entire Sichuan and Sichuan territory. However, this ideal went smoothly at first, until Liu Yan fell ill and died...

Zhao Wei prefers military affairs, so he spends most of his time busy with the recruitment, deployment, training and other matters of soldiers. Therefore, he naturally does not spend as much time with Liu Zhang as Pang Xi. But Liu Zhang, a silly boy, He actually listened to Pang Xi's slander and gradually reduced Zhao Wei's scope of authority. This was unacceptable to Zhao Wei, so he had to take extreme measures and rely on his original accumulation in the army to confront Pang Xi.

Really rebel? Then dominate Sichuan and Shu?

Zhao Wei had not thought about it this way. He just hoped to defeat Pang Xi, or at least restore it to what it was like when Liu Yan was there. Pang Xi was in charge of government affairs and he was in charge of military affairs, without interfering with each other and sharing the same status.

However, all these thoughts were disrupted by Liu Zhang's reckless dispatch of troops.

beat?

While Zhao Wei was about to confront Liu Zhang's army head-on, he also needed to pay attention to whether there would be some voices loyal to Liu Zhang in his own backyard...

After all, Liu Yan's contribution to the stability of Sichuan and Shu cannot be ignored. This is especially recognized by the older generation of Sichuan and Shu nobles. Therefore, it is somewhat like looking at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face. As long as Liu Zhang still follows Liu Zhang's Even if Yan's tolerant policy is implemented, most of these people will still feel that doing more is worse than doing less, and will not support Zhao Wei to replace Liu Zhang and break the original distribution of interests.

Do not hit?

If you surrender, it will not only mean that your early efforts will be in vain, but more importantly, your family will inevitably suffer extremely huge losses! This kind of loss means that his family may not be able to turn around in the next ten years or even decades. Such a result is unacceptable to Zhao Wei.

The most important thing is that Brazil County is not stable now. Hanchang has been lost. Zhao Wei not only has to face Liu Zhang, but also beware of the troops from Zhengxi...

What troubled Zhao Wei the most was that, whether because of Pang Xi's obstruction or because of Liu Zhang's intention, all the envoys sent to prepare for peace talks with Liu Zhang were beheaded and sent back. This made Zhao Wei's confidants He couldn't help but get angry and prepared to teach Liu Zhang a lesson in Guanghan.

If you want to make a naughty child know how to listen to others, beat him first and then reason with him. It is far easier for the naughty child to remember it than dry reasoning!

Give it a good beating first!

Zhao Wei made a decision and immediately began to make arrangements. After he had reached consensus with the big families in Guanghan and promised a considerable amount of benefits, he recruited civilians and grain and grass, and prepared to have a good life with Liu Zhang. , show off your muscles.

At this time, Liu Zhang was also holding back his strength. He imitated Liu Yan's actions in his memory, accompanying his Chinese troops in the military camp, pretending to be a polite corporal, sharing the joys and sorrows. Of course, these Chinese army guards who originally belonged to Liu Yan also understood Liu Zhang's intentions and cooperated with expressions of gratitude, and they were just crying, shouting, kneeling and singing "conquer".

I don’t know if Liu Zhang saw it or not, but at least Liu Zhang behaved quite satisfactorily. However, the heroic airs he displayed on the outside completely lost shape when he returned to the tent, and he collapsed after taking off his armor. He fell on the bed, puffing out his huge belly and panting for a long time before he could catch his breath.

In the past, Liu Zhang could comfort himself. He was not called fat, but called strong. Now when he actually entered the military camp, Liu Zhang had to admit that he was indeed too fat. Not to mention anything else, he had to prepare more for his war horses. Two horses...

No, once I finish beating Zhao Wei, I won’t say anything and won’t beat him a second time!

Liu Zhang gritted his teeth, made up his mind, sat up, and asked the guards on the side to get the food. It’s all damn Zhao Wei! If Zhao Wei hadn't been so unruly, how could he have put himself through such hard work?

"We will gather our troops tomorrow and start attacking the city..." Liu Zhang slurped down his food, smacked his lips, hummed twice, and muttered. There was no hint of a Jin Ge attack that was about to take place. On the contrary, it is like a child complaining "from today on, we will no longer be friends", full of cuteness.

"Lord..." The guard on the side blinked and said without daring to confirm, "Then I will go and deliver the order?"

Liu Zhang raised his head from the meal, with some grains of rice still in the corner of his mouth. His eyes gradually converged from being divergent, and he began to have a sharp feeling: "Yes! Go and pass the order! Repair today, and start the war tomorrow!"

The guard seemed to be inspired. He puffed up his chest, responded loudly, and then turned around and went out.

Liu Zhang watched the guards leave, and his sharp eyes returned to the food in front of him, and became a little divergent again. He couldn't help but sigh deeply, and muttered in a low voice, "Early fight, early end...such a meal , such a bed... I really don’t want to stay any longer..."