When Jiang Wan got on the carriage going south, his expression was in a trance.
He knew in his heart that the five Dukes of the Han Dynasty could open a mansion, that is, the Grand Duke Taifu, the Third Duke Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, and the General. These five people could open a mansion by default. Last year, Cao Cao abolished the Three Dukes and reset the Prime Minister. Mansion. This is not possible for other generals or official positions, which require a special license. This kind of special license is extremely difficult to obtain, and there are not many examples of cavalry generals opening mansions.
He didn't know much about General Beifu, but for a general like Beifu to be able to open a palace, he must be a great person. Why would such a person recruit him, a flat-headed scholar with an unknown reputation? It’s better to start directly from Dong Cao Tong, without having to start from the bottom like Tong Cao.
Ah Ba, who was sitting far away in the same car, disagreed. In Beifu, she had always specialized in cooking and was the head chef of Beifu. Her emotional intelligence was naturally not as smooth as that of other sisters.
"Dong Yun went to Yizhou and disappeared. Fei Yi was not there. He disappeared. The Ma family disappeared. Ma Liang disappeared..."
She knew that Jiang Wan was on Cao Wu's list, but she didn't treat him as an outsider, and read out one name after another seriously.
Jiang Wan slowly became quiet, especially when he heard the word Ma Liang.
The Ma family is a prominent family in Jingzhou, and the Ma family has a great reputation as a member of the Wuchang family. It is only right that the Beifu conquer them. From this, he thought to himself, could it be that his attempt to conquer Ma Liang and others failed, so he retreated to the next best thing and conquered him?
This thought made a lot of sense, so he settled down and waited to see General Beifu.
He didn't know that in the history of Cao Wu, when Liu Bei established Ji Han, there were three main teams. One was the old team from Xuzhou and other places who followed strategic moves everywhere, the second was the Jingzhou gang, and the third was the Yizhou gang.
Now that Liu Bei no longer has the ability to capture the four southern counties, according to Cao Wu's plan, the talents in the four southern counties belong to him who just opened the government.
After the Battle of Chibi, he found that he could change the direction of history, so Beifu had to do more.
Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Dong Yun, and Fei Yi are among the four prime ministers in Shu. Zhuge Liang is already in his shogunate, and the remaining three are all from Jingzhou. However, Dong Yun's father is the prefect of Yizhou under Liu Zhang. Cao Wu doesn't know He is still in his hometown of Nanjun at this time.
This time going south, the primary target is Jiaozhou and Liu Bei. To deal with Liu Bei, he must cut off his wings. This way, even if Liu Bei, an escape expert, runs away again, he will not have the help of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Jiang Wan.
In fact, when Liu Bei controlled most of Jingzhou, he recruited more talents than Jiang Wan, Wei Yan and others. However, most of the talents did not leave their names in the history books. Only those who grew up like Jiang Wan were recorded.
In this way, Cao Wu only needs to follow the diagram to find out.
Compared to Ma Liang, what Cao Wu wanted was the unknown Jiang Wan.
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Coincidentally, when Jiang Wan was confused about the situation, Huang Zhong, who led the 3,000 men southward, was also in a trance.
To the south of Guiyang County and Bin County is the Five Ridges, with rolling mountains and few roads. Huang Zhong led 3,000 people on the mountain roads.
Wei Yan was the deputy general and walked in the front with Huang Zhong. Wei Yan could not hide his excitement and said happily: "Han Shenggong, you and I are not famous, but the master has given such a big responsibility, we should do our best."
Huang Zhong nodded and said nothing more.
He was almost sixty years old, and he had wasted forty years in Jingzhou. Except for Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan, no one had ever given him a chance. Liu Pan himself had little power and could not give him any stage.
He is different from Wei Yan. He has passed the passionate period of risking his life for a job.
He has taken it very lightly. At such an age, he has long stopped seeking fame.
However, Cao Wu's pleading eyes still moved him. He decided to be a pioneer, not to repay any kindness, but just to complete a task assigned by the coach, nothing more.
Cao Wu seemed to know his thoughts and gave Wei Yan the position of Zhonglang, but did not make any promise to Huang Zhong, only asking him to be the forward.
Now that you have done it, of course you have to do it well.
Because there might be an ambush from Wuxi Man ahead at any time, he moved forward almost step by step, not seeking speed, but seeking stability.
It was okay at first, but after a few hours, Wei Yan became a little anxious.
He rushed to the end of the team to take a look, then returned to the head of the team, and said depressedly: "Han Shenggong, Liu Xuande has been in the mountains for six or seven days, and I don't know how far he has gone. If we chase him slowly like this, I'm afraid he has already entered Cangwu." , and had a good time drinking and chatting with the Cangwu Governor."
Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said, "There's no rush."
"But……"
Wei Yan pressed the gun and wondered what it meant.
Huang Zhong said: "The first thing we need to do is to get in touch with General Zhang."
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A simple map of Wuling was placed in the carriage. This was the most "accurate" map found from the county next to Wuling after arriving in Guiyang County. Compared with the map of Jingzhou made by Beifu, it still looked too big. It's too simple, let alone compared to Cao Wu's Yangtze River sand table.
Cao Wu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun, and Diao Chan surrounded the map. Diao Chan was not good at military affairs and couldn't understand it. After studying it for a while, she turned to look outside the car.
They rode horses all the way, which was extremely hard work. They gathered an army of more than 20,000 people led by four generals. Because there were infantry in the army, and the five mountains were rugged, it was not conducive to traveling, and the riding speed could not be increased, so they changed to carriages. Feeling more comfortable.
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun frowned in thought, and Cao Wuxian said: "There are many mountains in the Five Ridges, so we need to be careful. Do you two have a good plan?"
Before coming, they had decided on a way to pacify Jiaozhou in Beifuzhong. However, when they arrived at Zhang He's place, they realized that there were Wuxi barbarians blocking the way. They had to deal with Wuxi barbarians and Liu Bei before they could enter the Cangwu territory of Jiaozhou.
Zhuge Liang said: "First we must determine one thing."
Lu Xun said: "Of course."
"Which two?"
Diao Chan turned around and asked curiously.
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun were talking together, and Lu Xun said: "Do Liu Xuande want to go to Cangwu?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Will General Zhang continue south or return to Guiyang?"
The two spoke in unison. After they finished speaking, after hearing each other's thoughts, the two began to think about the other's considerations again, and continued to frown and think.
Cao Wu thought for a while and replied: "I can't guess Liu Xuande. When I made the Longzhong Duel for him, I didn't want him to defend Xiakou. Now it seems that although Xiakou's troops are not dead, they have the potential to let the tiger return to the mountain. After all, no one expected that when two General Zhangs attacked at the same time, they would get a beautiful counterattack from him."
Lu Xun nodded: "Liu Xuande is indeed an outstanding figure in the world. He can make full use of himself in any disadvantaged position."
"So, I used to think that he would definitely go to Cangwu. Now that he has won the battle, it is hard to predict his thoughts. Maybe he will take advantage of the victory and the Wuxi barbarians' understanding of the terrain to cross the entire Wuling to the west. Enter Sichuan from the south of Yizhou and advance towards Yizhou."
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun also thought of this possibility and couldn't help but smile bitterly, because the Five Ridges are all high and steep mountains, and Liu Bei only had two thousand men, making it easy for him to march. Once he really decided to go west, no one could stop him.
Cao Wu pointed at the map and said: "In this case, the most important thing is Wen Yuan's movements. If Wen Yuan can hold off Liu Bei, then things will be easy to say. I can't guess Liu Bei, but I can guess Wen Yuan. Let's He can also see the problems he can see, and he will definitely not return to Guiyang, but will definitely stay in the mountains!"
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At the same moment, deep in the Wuling Mountains, the first collision between Zhang Liao and the Wuxi barbarians had begun.
