South of the Yiling Mountains.
"Soldiers of the Han Dynasty! We are here to take you home!" Li Xian was able to restrain the neighing Feihongju, but behind him were tens of thousands of Han soldiers with tears streaming down their faces, each of them carrying a small handful of The cloth bags began to carry the soil of Yiling Mountain, which could be regarded as collecting the remains of their relatives. When they return one day, they will bury the soil again in their hometown and erect tombs.
There was already a scene of misery in the army. Chen Dao stood beside Li Xian, but he also looked up to the sky, and two lines of tears fell slowly.
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"Let's go! Brother, let's go back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. You have a place in the house every year. Mom said you would come home..."
"Dad, the baby has come to pick you up. After you left, my mother raised me and my brother up. Do you know, I will have a good meal now. Mother said that when you come home, we will have a good meal every year. In the spring, I go to Jinping Mountain to see the azaleas, and my younger brother can now write fifteen words..."
"Uncle, my sister is married to a good family. Don't worry. If he treats my sister badly, I will be the first to beat him!"
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The autumn wind is bleak, miserable, and the heart-breaking cries and confessions come and go with the wind along with the fallen leaves.
"With a glass of turbid wine, the family is thousands of miles away, and the swallows are not able to return without a plan. The Qiang pipes are covered with frost. People are sleepless, and the generals are gray-haired and their husbands are weeping." If Li Xian had not thought of this poem by Fan Wenzhenggong at this scene, he would have never thought of it. It should be beaten. Perhaps at this moment, not only this moment, but also the moment when Tian Dali died in front of him, he can understand it more deeply. And the recitation task that I used to complete without any emotions, now seems like a loaded bullet, hitting me now, that feeling that goes deep into my bones.
"Captain, you are crying." Chen Dao looked at Li Xianyan and said.
Li Xian still had two lines of hot tears flowing down his cheeks, shook his head and said, "Uncle Master, can I beat Lu Xun?"
Chen Dao was suddenly startled, and was immediately stopped by such words. He thought for a moment and said: "Captain, you know the art of war very well. In the current government and the public, except for Prime Minister Zhuge, no one else is as good as a general. The general only knows that these soldiers and generals can see their relatives again today because of the presence of the governor, and the governor must not underestimate himself."
Li Xian was silent, he didn't know what kind of opponent he was facing now. Although he had deceived the entire Soochow Army, Lu Xun still had tens of thousands of elite troops in Jiangling. The army is bound to win, so how should I face it?
Chen Dao seemed to see the hesitation in Li Xian's heart and motioned Zong Yu behind him to come forward. Zong Yu stepped forward and said, "Captain, tell the truth, as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Now the Commander has defeated Quan Cong. For the Soochow infantry, it is like the pain of a broken arm, but it is an excellent beginning. The generals and the soldiers of these big men also hope that one day they can kill their enemies with their own hands, and only the general can help them avenge themselves."
Then Zong Yu suddenly raised his hand and asked loudly to the soldiers in front of him: "Soldiers! Do you believe in the Governor?"
The soldiers of the three armies actually cried out in unison: "We must win! We must win! We must win!"
Li Xian finally put away the tears in the corners of his eyes and said loudly: "We must win! We must win! We must win! Today Japan will swear an oath to you all here! We will definitely bring Lu Xun's head to you! To sacrifice the spirits of all the martyrs in heaven!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The atmosphere among the three armies was once again boosted.
Seeing the atmosphere rising here, Zong Yu slowly backed away, but Li Xian turned around and said, "General Zong is laughing, but I am hesitant."
"How dare you? The general only cares about safety. This is what ordinary people do before a war."
After the generals finished cheering, they suddenly heard a loud thunderclap, like thunder, coming from the col on one side of the Yiling Mountains. Suddenly, only a man with a gray face and an Afro-shaped hair, as if his hair had been electrified by static electricity, was seen coming from the col. Li immediately rushed out and shouted: "Success! Success! Commander, I exploded!"
Li Xian was amused by the sentence "I exploded". Then he looked at Chen Dao and Zong Yu, who looked at each other. Chen Dao immediately asked: "What exploded?"
"Me! I exploded!" the man continued.
Li Xian was speechless and asked, "Did the gunpowder succeed?"
The man kept nodding. Li Xian quickly disbanded the three armies and immediately took people to the workshop to check. Then he saw that a circular crater had been blown out on the side of the mountain col.
"How many kilograms of gunpowder is this?" Li Xian asked immediately.
The man gestured a square, and Li Xian immediately shook his head and said: "No, you can only explode so much with such a large amount. With this power, it won't be useful even if you explode it, even if your mother explodes it, it's useless." To continue.”
But the person I saw was a little unhappy. His original happiness was immediately poured with a ladle of cold water on him, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Li Xian turned around and said: "However, this method can continue to be improved. If it can be exploded first, it is already the first step. Just like General Zong said, everything is difficult at the beginning. After this hurdle, you guys work hard, I am the Commander-in-Chief. I believe you will be able to come up with explosives that satisfy me."
The man nodded wildly, but didn't say much.
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Chengdu City, private room on the second floor of Baiwei Building.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Guo, for risking your life to save your son-in-law. If it hadn't been for Senior Brother's advice, my Han family would have suffered a sudden disaster. I, Han Bin, would like to pay a toast to Senior Brother." After saying this, the gentle scholar raised his glass to respect.
Guo Youzhi also drank it all in one gulp and said: "Junior brother, it's not because I sacrificed my life to save you, but it's because your majesty trusts your virtuous son-in-law. If it were anyone else, even Wei Yan, your majesty would be hesitant."
"Hey, to be honest, I haven't had a good night's sleep since Li Xiandong's expedition. I'm worried about the affairs of the court and the safety of the front line. I really can't do two things at the same time."
Guo Youzhi also sighed and said: "Junior brother, you can rest assured. I will handle the court affairs. As for the frontline matters, you can only trust your virtuous son-in-law. After all, Lu Xun of Soochow is full of tricks and is by no means a good man." Stubble.”
"I hope so." Han Bin sighed.
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Wuzhang was originally the camp of the Shu army.
"This Li Xian is obviously gambling big time! He is gambling with Sun Quan on the 400-year fortune of our country!" After Zhuge Liang read the third volume, he was so angry that he threw all three volumes on the ground. Even if it was Jiang Wei, I have never seen Zhuge Liang lose such a temper, but he was so frightened that he quickly picked up all the books on the ground.
"He wants Sun Quan to open an imperial examination, and all people can take the examination regardless of their origin, and abolish the system of Zhongzheng officials. Scholars in this world put morality first, and can determine the quality of the policy by just one volume? If the policy of three provinces and six ministries is true, Now that it's done, isn't the country of Wu going to become a gathering place for scholars? Where should we go to snare all the talented people in the world! With the strategy of civil and military control, there is no reason to use the right foot to command the left foot! Bastard!" Zhuge Liang was angry. He paced back and forth in the tent, and then said in detail: "Since he has such a wonderful idea, why doesn't he offer it to Your Majesty?"
Jiang Weiyan said: "Maybe? He thinks this strategy is too ridiculous?"
Jiang Wei was interrupted by Zhuge Liang raising his hand, and then he heard Zhuge Liang say: "Hurry up and get the map!"
Jiang Wei immediately placed the map in front of Zhuge Liang. Only then did Zhuge Liang look at it. The feather fan in his hand pointed at Qutang Gorge first and said: "This is where Li Xian encircled the area. Lu Xun still doesn't know where he is at this moment. Since he has taken Yiling, Li Xian was supposed to attack Jiangling and pursue the victory, but instead offered Sun Quan advice on the imperial examination, why?"
"Yes! Lu Xun is back! Then Li Xian wanted to repeat his old trick and transfer Lu Xun away, but this time Sun Quan was not so easily fooled!" Zhuge Liang said, "That's why he had no choice but to offer this strategy to Sun Quan."
Jiang Wei was confused and asked, "Prime Minister, what does Li Xian's advice have to do with Lu Xun?"
"Bo Yue, this Li Xian has taught our master and apprentice a good lesson. You have to remember that the battlefield cannot be limited to the battlefield. Nowadays, the Jiangdong nobles, Zhang Gu and Lu Bu have become a climate, and it is even difficult to balance them. Regarding the stakes, Sun Quan was a smart man, too smart, so he used King Sun Ba of Lu and Prince Sun He as tools to weigh the forces of the government and the opposition, but the power he really held in his hands was very little."
"Li Xian took advantage of this. He recalled Lu Xun for the first time, and started a huge gamble for the second time. Which of the four major families of Zhang, Gu, and Lu Bu would not lose the military power. But once the reform begins, the family will no longer be in control. , the real power of selecting and employing people lies entirely in the hands of Sun Quan, how can he let the four major families grow bigger? At that time, even the civil servants who use civility to control military affairs will never allow Lu Xun to be so close to separatist power between Jiangling and A warlord exists in Jiangxia."
"So General Han Xing meant to delay the attack on Lu Xun?" Jiang Wei reacted immediately after hearing the explanation.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Yes, he is betting. If he fails, Sun Quan will be a sage king. No matter our army or Cao's army, it will be even more difficult for us to go to Jiangdong. If he wins the bet, this Jiangzuo The land will no longer have the surname Sun."
"Prime Minister, Li Xian's bet is too high." Jiang Weiyan said.
"No, Li Xian doesn't seem like a risk-taker, but he must have his trump card, but he hasn't shown it yet. He is waiting for an opportunity." Zhuge Liang said slowly.
"What time?"
"An opportunity to completely defeat Lu Xun. I feel that Li Xian will either not use his troops, or he will have such thunderous power when he does." Zhuge Liang looked up at a banner outside the tent to conquer the Central Plains, and murmured again He said: "Then please ask God to bless this man one more time."
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In Yongan City.
"Uncle Xu, I'm fine. Look, I can run!" Wang Rui looked at Xu Zhi who came in from his tent.
"You brat! See if you still run around. The governor asked me to tell you that next month is your birthday. He has prepared a gift for you, but you have to obey his orders and don't run around anymore. "
Wang Rui nodded silently and said no more words...
