Chencang is not as good as Longcheng. The city is high and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Neither Zhang He nor Cao Zhen would be stupid enough to use cavalry to attack the city. Therefore, Li Xian ordered his various generals to guard the pass even if they were stronger than Sima Yi. Unless the enemy is lured out of the city, it is still extremely difficult to lose Chen Cang. Therefore, Zhang He's army camped on the Weishui River with no intention of attacking. Instead, on the day Zhuge Liang left, they launched an effective assault on Li Xian's army stationed outside the city. Of course, this was due to Wang Lang's strategy. Therefore, although Cao Zhen's army was shot back by bed crossbows that night, it also achieved a small battlefield victory. Although this army retreated very quickly, it lost the newly established tents and other supplies. , Fortunately, there were only hundreds of casualties. After all, Cao Zhen suffered a big loss from a sneak attack last time, so he did not dare to launch a large-scale surprise attack. Instead, the cavalry led by Zhang Hu charged over, but due to the huge lethality of the crossbow, , and there was no time to clean the battlefield, so even the vine armor on the dead soldiers was recovered one by one, and the inventory was correct before processing.
Chencang Prefecture.
"It seems like it's going to snow." Li Xian sat on the desk, staring at the sky outside the mansion. It was rare that he still had a moment of leisure during the battle, so he raised his hand and picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. His thoughts were racing, thinking about the dream-like scenes in the past few years, from the escape from Yiling Hell to the defeat of Zhang He in the Battle of Longcheng. He even dared not imagine that the situation in the world has changed, and history is destined to have no direction. He followed his original trick and drove, what if he faced such a famous general and wise man again? He thought again and again, and felt boring, so he wanted to take a nap. Just when he was about to lie down, he heard someone reporting that someone was here. A group of merchants from Nanzhong were led by Sun Zusong, who wanted to see the prefect.
"Let him come in." Li Xian lazily raised his hand, then yawned.
Not long after, Sun Zusong walked in quickly, and when he looked again, he was almost covered with silver ornaments, and his body jingled as he walked, and for a moment he looked a little jewel-like.
"Hey, Brother Sun has made a lot of money in Nanzhong, right?" Li Xian said with a smile, "What a little silver man."
Sun Zusong also smiled when he heard this, and quickly raised his hands and said: "No, no, thanks to the general, I have achieved something in Nanzhong."
Li Xian then asked: "Chencang is on the front line now. Brother Sun is here. Aren't you afraid of the fire of war?" Sun Zusong cupped his hands and said: "General, what are you talking about? Without generals, Nanzhong would not be where it is today. , What's more, I came here with the king's orders. Firstly, I asked the general if he was working hard on the front line, and ordered me to bring some medicinal materials unique to Nanzhong. Secondly, the king of Wutugu and my king had already married in Taojiang. For my brother, Lord Wutugu ordered me to send 10,000 pieces of rattan armor and 5,000 pieces of rattan armor as a thank you gift. However, King Meng Huo felt that the color of the rattan armor was gray and not grand enough, so he asked me to dye it with yellow dye. It turned into this after soaking." After saying that, Sun Zusong raised his hand and ordered his servants to carry a cart of rattan armor. The moment he opened the cargo, a bright light shot out from the cargo box. It wasn't until Sun Zusong opened it completely that it was revealed to be a pair of armor, and it was the armor based on the drawing that Li Xian had given Wutu Bone.
"This is...Teng Jia...?" Tian Dali looked at it and was stunned for a moment.
Yes, it is Tengjia, the golden Tengjia. Is the earliest gold fraud case about to appear in Chencang? Li Xian was also stunned for a moment, but if he looked carefully, it was obvious that it was not as shiny as metal. However, if it were in the daytime, it would be difficult to distinguish it for a while.
"Yes, it's Tengjia." Sun Zusong said with cupped hands.
Li Xian quickly put away his shocked expression and said, "Your king is really generous. Ten thousand pairs of rattan armor are enough to make him feel distressed."
Sun Zusong shook his head and said: "General, this is not the wish of the king alone, but the wish of the entire Nanzhong people. They are grateful for the general's strategy of using football to support business and business to support agriculture. The prosperity of Jianning now is incomparable. Chengdu is worse, many people from Jiaozhou moved here, which made the Wu army there very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do."
Li Xian also nodded when he heard the words, and with a thought in his mind, he turned to Tian Dali, Gong Jie, and Xu Zhi and said: "You three, you see, we must put the people first at all times. We are walking from the people." When you come out, you will naturally return to the people. Any decision that deviates from the needs of the people is wrong, and any behavior that is opposed to the people is hostile. Do you understand?"
The three of them nodded frequently after hearing the words, not sure whether they understood or not. Anyway, Xu Zhi probably didn't understand, so he nodded. At this time, Li Xian just said that a great man once taught us, and then replaced the common people with the people.
Sun Zusong cupped his hands and said: "The general cares about the people and helps the Han Dynasty. We are businessmen with low status. If it weren't for the general's support, I'm afraid we would have died in an unknown corner of Nanzhong. We have done our best for the country." Strength is still needed.”
Li Xian nodded and said: "In that case, the three of you will lead the headquarters to replace these rattan armors with new ones, and the old ones will be used by the new soldiers. Don't forget to ask General Liao and General Zhang if they need them. We’ll keep the extra horse armor for ourselves.”
When the three of them heard this, they immediately handed over their orders and left the prefect's mansion, happily going to distribute the armor.
Li Xian took another look at Sun Zusong, who was sitting in the hall, and asked, "Brother Sun is transporting goods this way. Is the Jiange Plank Road accessible?"
When Sun Zusong heard this, he immediately became energetic: "General, you don't know. It turns out that the Jiange Plank Road is really difficult to walk, and it basically requires manpower to transport the goods out of there. If you are not careful, you will be facing a cliff. At that time, there were many A commoner who rarely transported grain died there. Later, I heard that the Prime Minister wanted to exchange goods with the Qiang and Hu. In order to make profits, these businessmen contacted all the wealthy businessmen and began to renovate the Jiange plank road. They also submitted a letter together and got His Majesty's approval. Many of these people Qian gathered a lot of people, and now, although the Jiange Plank Road is still on the cliff, it is extremely spacious, and in some places there are iron plates paving the road to facilitate the movement of the black-wheeled carts transporting goods. "
"Is there such a thing?" Li Xian was stunned for a moment. What he didn't expect was that these businessmen were really willing to risk their lives in order to make money, and it was unheard of to jointly renovate the plank road by themselves. They could also pave the road with iron plates. These businessmen were not You didn't even know how rich they were, so you immediately laughed and said, "That's so good, that's so good."
"By the way, general, there is one more thing. This is a medicinal material I brought back from Nanzhong." Sun Zusong seemed to have forgotten something, and quickly took out a small box from his arms. When the box was opened, Li Xian actually smelled the familiar question that he had not seen for a long time, and immediately exclaimed: "Yunnan Baiyao?"
Sun Zusong also looked shocked: "General, how do you know he is white without even looking?"
Li Xian was also shocked. He couldn't control it for a moment and quickly restrained himself. Little did Sun Zusong know that this guy used this to brush his teeth every day and couldn't hold back for a moment. Li Xian also hurriedly looked at the box. It was green with white, and a white with green luster emerged. The key was that the Baiyao technology at this time was not mature, so there was a lot of green light.
"Brother Sun, let me ask you, do you Nanzhong people use this to treat bruises and sprains?" Li Xian asked.
Sun Zusong was shocked again: "General, have you used it?"
"No, I just heard someone mention it. Okay, let's not worry about it anymore. Did Brother Sun bring this here to replenish armaments?" Li Xian asked.
Sun Zusong also nodded when he heard this and said: "This medicine is very effective in treating trauma, and it is not an extremely precious medicinal material. It mainly consists of Panax notoginseng grass and borneol and other medicinal materials. The best ones will also add some of them to grind and mix. It can be cooked, but it consumes a lot of money for military use, so there is no need to use it. One of the ten carts a certain person brought here contained this thing."
"Brother Sun, what are your arrangements now? Chencang has just been captured and is still under fire. Some places are still undergoing repairs. It should not be suitable for business at the moment." Li Xian also nodded and hurriedly talked. Start a topic.
Sun Zusong cupped his hands and said: "General, what are you talking about? The saint Yunda helped the world while being poor, and he was alone. Chencang has just experienced war and the people are suffering. It is the time when we need our help. If the general can be useful, I can help you." , but with just a word of knowledge, you can go anywhere.”
When Li Xian heard this, he also admired such a kind and righteous businessman. It would be unreasonable for him not to make a fortune, so he immediately had a drink with him. After drinking for three rounds, he ordered someone to take him to the city west post house to settle down.
After Sun Zusong left, Li Xian took a closer look at the enemy camp outside Chencang City. There was no movement for several days. He felt that it was strangely quiet, so he wanted to send someone to investigate, and immediately ordered the Ye Xiao Army to attack at night. Go and find out.
However, this time Ye Xiao's test did seem to have revealed a lot of things, especially Zhang He's formation, which seemed to have been changed by a different person. It didn't look like Cao Zhen's style. Could it be that Cao Rui changed his commander before the battle? However, what is certain is that Cao Zhen is still in the Wuzhangyuan camp.
The next day, Li Xian looked at the gloomy weather, as if he had been enveloped in a layer of confused fog. Then it started to snow heavily. Not long after, the snow on the campus was already up to his knees. It seemed that he could not survive today. The military exercises continued, so he warmed tea in the prefect's mansion and talked with the soldiers.
Among them, Liao Hua is obviously the oldest, but he is very respectful, which makes people feel a little bit reluctant to let go. He is extremely cautious in his words, while Zhang Ning is much stronger. After a while, he chatted with these people, and everyone liked it. While they were chatting happily, suddenly a messenger arrived with tears in their eyes.
"Report! General, General Zhao Yun is critically ill in Chengdu. I have a letter for the general!"
"What! Master!" Li Xian seemed to have been struck by a bolt from the blue. He could no longer stand still, and the voices in the hall suddenly died out...
