After participating in the formation drill in the afternoon, Yang Qing, Guan Xing, Zhao Yun and Ma Su returned to Mianyang City together. The boy Guan Xing suddenly came to Jiuxing and insisted that the landlord Yang Qing treat him to wine and meat. fish
Yang Qing couldn't resist him, so he had to call Zhao Yun and Ma Su to go with him. Everyone had really worked hard during today's lecture on military exercises and it was time to relax.
Now Yang Qing is permanently stationed in Mianyang, so Yang Xi found him a clean and elegant house in the city, which is both for office and for him to live.
The group of people arrived at Yang Qing's residence. He didn't have any famous chefs here, so he had to ask someone to go to the most famous restaurant in the city, Laifengju, to order a banquet for them.
Seeing that it was the banquet ordered by the eunuch, the shopkeeper who came to Fengju didn't dare to slack off. He urged the kitchen to prepare the food and wine as quickly as possible, and then personally delivered them to the door.
Therefore, Yang Qing and the others did not wait long, and the four of them gathered around to eat and drink without any formality.
After taking turns to toast, everyone was a little tipsy. The four of them were all important ministers in the court today. They were all in the same interest and naturally turned the topic to Jiangshan Sheji and the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei.
I heard Guan Xing put down his wine glass and sighed: "We have been in full swing for several months since we arrived in Hanzhong. I don't know when the Prime Minister will launch the Northern Expedition. I can't sit still anymore. I wish I could lead my troops north to kill the Wei thieves now." Happy." Yu
Yang and Qing all knew that Guan Xing was shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving the Guan clan and hoped to make great contributions on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition to wash away the shame of his father Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou, so they quite understood his depression.
It's just that when the Northern Expedition begins is a major matter related to the safety of the country, it can only be decided by Prime Minister Zhuge. At this time, Zhuge Liang did not disclose the specific time of the Northern Expedition, so everyone could not say much. They could only comfort Guan Xing to wait patiently and not to be anxious.
Yang Qing does know the time when the first Northern Expedition started in history, but too many things have changed in this life, such as Guan Xing in front of him. Originally, he should have died young before Zhuge Liang stationed in Hanzhong and did not participate in the last season. Han's Northern Expedition.
But now he is not only healthy and active every day, but he has also followed Zhuge Liang to station in Hanzhong and became one of the generals of the Northern Expedition. Therefore, Yang Qing really dare not say that the Northern Expedition in this life was still launched in the fifth year of Jianxing, that is, at the end of this year.
However, he had a premonition that the Northern Expedition was about to begin, because he heard the name of a person from Wei Min at Shima Military Camp today. Fortunately, he had an impression of this name in his previous life, and knew that this person was in Meng. Da played an important role in rebelling against Wei.
Now that he suddenly appears next to Wei Min, the intelligence leader, it may indicate that the day for Meng Da to rebel against Wei and return to the Han Dynasty is coming soon, and as soon as Meng Da starts an uprising, it means that the time has come to send troops to the Northern Expedition.
Of course, these are just Yang Qing's guesses. He did not dare and could not tell this secret to the three friends present, especially Guan Xing, so he could only say the same words as Zhao Yun and Ma Su about waiting with peace of mind. fish
Two days later, Hanzhong welcomed an important guest, the new Prime Minister Fei Yi who came to perform his duties.
Zhuge Liang originally planned to keep him in Chengdu to assist the emperor, but after the army arrived in Hanzhong, Fei Yi suddenly wrote a letter saying that he did not want to stay in the rear and wanted to go to the front to participate in the Northern Expedition.
Zhuge Liang had no choice but to agree to his request, recruit him as prime minister to join the army, and asked him to come to Hanzhong after completing the delivery.
Fei Yi did not come to Hanzhong alone this time. He was accompanied by five thousand soldiers. These sergeants were all newly recruited from various counties, so they were all new soldiers. They came to Hanzhong not to join the Northern Expedition, but to strengthen Hanzhong's defense.
Because Li Yan was unwilling to lead 20,000 Jiangzhou troops north to Hanzhong to strengthen Hanzhong's defense after the main army moved north, Zhuge Liang ordered another 5,000 soldiers to be recruited from various counties for Fei Yi to assemble and bring them to Hanzhong.
Not only that, Zhuge Liang also ordered Yang Qing to recruit 5,000 sergeants from Hanzhong, making up a total of 10,000 troops. Fortunately, more and more foreigners moved from the south to the north to Hanzhong, and at the beginning of the year a large number of refugees were recruited from the mountains and forests. This allowed Yang Qing to successfully complete his task of recruiting 5,000 soldiers.
At present, the five thousand new county soldiers in Hanzhong have been recruited, and Yang Qing has been promoted to Liu Yin as the commander-in-chief of the county.
To train these five thousand new soldiers, as for the county magistrate of Baocheng, he has selected a talented person from the county Cao Cao to succeed him. fish
In fact, after Zhuge Liang's hard work in the past few years, Ji Han also obtained the curved shaft plow, the new turning cart and the tea refining method presented by Yang Qing. The cultivated land, grain and the number of households in the territory have greatly increased, which was able to support the total military strength. The Han army numbered more than 100,000.
Now, excluding the defenders left in various places, Zhuge Liang has assembled a Northern Expedition army with a strength of 70,000. As for Hanzhong, it is defended by these newly recruited 10,000 sergeants.
Because these five thousand sergeants came to take over the defense of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang specially ordered Liao Hua and Yang Qing, the prefect of Hanzhong, to come to greet Fei Yi.
Outside Mianyang City, Yang Qing stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Wen Wei, you're finally here, it's so easy for me to wait." He and Fei Yi were old acquaintances, so he spoke so casually.
"Haha, you have met Yang Junhou and Liao Canjun." Fei Yi returned the greeting with a smile.
Liao Hua said: "Wen Wei, you are finally here. The Prime Minister has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Where is the Prime Minister now?" Yu
Yang Qingdao: "The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Chinese Army Camp are now located on Xitan Mountain not far outside Mianyang City. When you finish delivering the army, we will take you to see the Prime Minister."
"In that case, let's complete the delivery as soon as possible." Fei Yi said with a smile.
Yang Qing and Liao Hua looked at each other and nodded. Then Yang Qing ordered Liu Yin behind him: "Xiuran, you will lead the army to the county army camp."
Recently, Yang Qing built another camp east of Mianyang, specifically for the garrison of local county soldiers in Hanzhong. Because the five thousand sergeants brought by Fei Yi were also placed under the command of Hanzhong County, Yang Qing allowed them to live with the local county soldiers.
Half an hour later, the five thousand sergeants marched to the military camp east of Mianyang in an orderly manner under the command of Liu Yin, while Yang Qing and Liao Hua took Fei Yi to the camp to meet Zhuge Liang.
Just as Yang Qing, Liao Hua and Fei Yi were riding towards Xitan Mountain, Wei Min led a mysterious man covered in black robes to Zhuge Liang's office quietly.
"Prime Minister, Guo Mo is here." Wei Min pointed at the man in black robe and said with cupped hands. fish
The man in black robe also quickly took off his robe and hat, bowed and saluted: "Guo Mo, the former deputy captain of Youwei Mansion, pays homage to the Prime Minister."
"It's Zifan, please forgive me." Zhuge Liang put down the document and shook his feather fan with a smile.
If we say that the most mysterious department in the Youwei Mansion is not the Zuo Lieutenant who spied on Cao Wei's intelligence, nor the Right Colonel who specializes in spying on Soochow Intelligence, but the former Colonel who performs special spying missions.
As a former deputy captain, Guo Mo is one of the most mysterious people in the Youwei Mansion. He performs special tasks outside all year round and is only responsible for Wei Min. Even Han Chong, the rear captain who often stays in Chengdu, is also responsible for Wei Min. He was not familiar with it at all.
Guo Mo had just returned from a mission in the north in the past few days. He wanted to rest for a while, but Wei Min unexpectedly said that Prime Minister Zhuge had a special mission for him to perform. Hearing that it was the Prime Minister who directly named him, Guo Mo did not dare to neglect and came here today to receive the order, accompanied by Wei Min.
"Wei Min has already told you the details of the mission, so I won't say more." Zhuge Liang said slowly: "Just one thing, your public identity is the reporter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. This identity has good and bad qualities. .
The good side is that you can obtain more credible information about Meng Da's rebellion against Wei. The bad side is that if you surrender to Shen Yi like this, it will be a bit unsuspecting. Therefore, I need you to change your identity and find a suitable reason to defect. "fish
"The model is entirely subject to the Prime Minister's orders."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Well, I plan to transfer you to Huanghuang County, the easternmost part of Hanzhong, which is close to the west city of Shenyi. Only by going here to join Shenyi can you be convinced."
"Yes, Mo Mo respectfully agrees with Prime Minister Jun's order." Guo Mo replied with cupped hands.
"It is up to you, Wei Zhonglang, to decide how to proceed. Just listen to him. Oh, yes, Yang Qing, the prefect of Hanzhong, will also cooperate with you.
I only want to remind you that the success or failure of the Northern Expedition depends on whether you can successfully force Mengda to rebel. Therefore, Zifan, your responsibility is not unimportant. "
Guo Mo raised his head and looked at Zhuge Liang solemnly, and then said firmly: "Prime Minister, don't worry, Mo dares not to try his best!"
"Good, great
I'll leave the matter to you two. You go ahead. "fish
Wei Min, Guo Mo and both of them said goodbye in unison: "I'm resigning from my humble position."
