Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1159 Proving Ground

  Li Ru followed Fei Qian's gaze, nodded with a smile and said: "The general is indeed smart, indeed, this strategy is the best... However, although the way to take Hanzhong is difficult, it is actually not difficult, and it is difficult for people's hearts..."

   Fei Qian frowned and said, "People's hearts?"

  Of course, the people here do not refer to ordinary people.

In the concept of most gentry children, ordinary farmers, grassroots people, have no "heart", just like the memory time of fish in the legends of later generations, which is only three seconds long, and it is like weeds growing in the ground. If you reap it this year, you can still reap it next year. You will be taxed once, and you will be taxed every year. It doesn't matter much.

  People's hearts naturally refer to Hanzhong, or the gentry in Shu.

  Li Ru pointed to the south, and said with deep eyes: "It's a mere Michel, it's easy to get... However, there are many gentry in Sichuan, almost comparable to Guanzhong... General, are you ready?"

   "This..." Fei Qian was taken aback, a little speechless.

  This one...

Indeed, as Li Ru said, in terms of the suddenness of the battle, whether it is the gentry in Guanzhong or Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, based on common sense, they all feel that Fei Qian should basically focus on stabilizing the achievements of Guanzhong. , will definitely not directly send troops south to attack Hanzhong without stopping.

   What matters to a military strategist is surprise, so when most people don't think that Fei Qian will make a big move, he raises his troops. From this point of view, Fei Qian has undoubtedly taken the initiative.

   Apart from other things, in terms of soldiers alone, although it is inconvenient for cavalry to enter Sichuan, in terms of infantry, Fei Qian's troops are much higher than those in Hanzhong and Sichuan in terms of martial arts and equipment.

  However, the initiative in the military does not mean that Fei Qian will definitely evolve into an overall advantage in the whole of Hanzhong and even Sichuan...

Hanzhong, in fact, looks like a reduced version of Guanzhong. In the south, there are Jinniu Road and Micang Road that can lead to Bashu, and in the east, you can go up and down to Jingxiang. If you take Hanzhong, it is inevitable to start dealing with these people in Sichuan.

"There are scholars Yuan and Wenhe in Guanzhong, Zilong is in Wuguan, Yuan is guarding Zuo Fengyi and Tongguan, the land of Guanzhong has been preliminarily determined... the rest of the matters can be done slowly..." Li Ru didn't wait for Feiqian to answer, Then he continued, "However, during the general's trip to Hanzhong, one can get food and grass, and the other..."

  Li Ru glanced at Fei Qian with deep eyes.

  According to Li Ru, it seems that some want Fei Qian to use Hanzhong as a testing ground?

   First practice with the gentry in Hanzhong?

  The end must be far-reaching calculations!

   This is indeed the case. Pang Tong, Jia Xu, and Zhao Yun, plus Zuo Fengyi's Xu Shu and Ma Yan, are enough to build a relatively stable Guanzhong defense system in advance.

Zhao Yun is now leading the troops to Wuguan to take over the defense and close and defend the gates of Jingzhou and Yuzhou in the southeast of Guanzhong. Both Liu Biao and Yuan Shu had goals that were more important and attractive to them in the battle for Guanzhong. Therefore, there was basically no pressure on Zhao Yun's defense in this direction.

On the other hand, Pang Tong and Jia Xu stationed in Chang'an with some soldiers and some of Li Ru's Flying Bear Army cavalry. They mainly used their lip service to spat with the Guanzhong gentry, which was relatively stable. There won't be any big problems. After all, these guys in Guanzhong have experienced several turbulences, and they look forward to being able to spend a period of time smoothly. So as long as there are no violent conflicts of interests, these people will have nothing to do. Too much resistance to drive.

  As for Han Sui, Ma Chao, and Longxi Qiang people, these scattered regiments were basically nomadic, just like Xianbei in the north of Yinshan Mountain, and they were also facing the problem of entering the breeding season of livestock. Moreover, these Qiang people also lost a lot in this battle. Han Sui, who was in Jincheng, needed to be appeased to some extent. Therefore, at such a point in time, it is impossible for a large-scale Hu Qi to follow Han Sui. So if Ma Chao launches another offensive, Guanzhong Longyou can also put aside a paragraph for the time being.

  Turning to the south, taking the money and food from Hanzhong to feed Guanzhong, and supporting the refugees gathered by Fei Qian to prepare for the famine, rush to plant, and survive the lean year, it has become a top priority.

   After all, the refugees are only temporarily settled down. Without sufficient food and grass support, it is impossible for these refugees to take root again.

Although Pingyang has some grain and grass reserves, but not much, and at the same time, the people of Yinshan still mainly rely on the grain and grass of Pingyang and Xihe for support at this stage. It will not be until the harvest of this year that the land of Yinshan will basically produce more than it consumes. , so basically speaking, it is impossible to transfer much grain and grass from Pingyang to Guanzhong at this stage.

Although a batch of grain and grass was mobilized and purchased from Wangyi in Hedong, it could not last for a long time. After all, the price of grain and grass has risen nearly ten times compared to previous years, and the price is already very touching. If it wasn't for Hedong Wangyi's efforts to coordinate and coordinate in order to maintain cross-strait relations, otherwise, both in terms of quantity and price, I'm afraid it would be a heavy value for Feiqian.

   Grain...

Why don’t those guys who traveled before don’t need to think about the food and grass issue? Going from south to north, drilling mountains, forests, grasslands, and crossing rivers is like flat land. You don’t need supplies or morale. Don't give up the **** battle to the end?

   As a result, when it comes to me, this food and grass has become an extremely difficult and major problem that needs to be traveled every day?

   Fei Qian could not help but sigh.

Naturally, there are two ways to obtain food and grass from Hanzhong. One is to plunder by force regardless of disregard and abandon the so-called "people's hearts". in business...

   Li Ru aside, Fei Qian really only considered this battle from a military point of view before, and didn't think much about it. But since Li Ru pointed it out on purpose, is there any mystery in it?

  It is easy to use force, but it is difficult to win people's hearts!

  Fei Qian thought for a while, but couldn't come up with anything for a while, so he smiled wryly and shook his head and said: "I haven't made a decision on this matter... I don't know what Wenyou's opinion is?"

   "The general has always been careful about everything, and he planned everything in advance..." Li Ru laughed, and said slightly jokingly, "...how can there be no plan for the Hanzhong matter?"

   "Planning in advance? Wen You praised..." Fei Qian said, "The world changes, and it can only be guided by the situation..."

  Li Ru raised his head in the leather robe, his eyes flashed, he clapped his hands lightly, and praised: "The general is too modest, the word 'guidance according to the situation' is enough... If the general follows this method, it will be feasible..."

  As for Zhang Lu, the current ruler of Hanzhong, whether it is Xun Chen or Li Ru, their evaluations are almost similar.

  Zhang Lu's mother is a so-called witch from Wudou Mi Dao. It is rumored that she is very beautiful and charming, so when Liu Yan entered Sichuan, she invited her into the mansion, so that she could consult day and night about her doubts about cultivation. She should still be in Chengdu now, right?

  Liu Yan, behind Zhang Lu, still has some reputation, so the Hanzhong gentry Haoyou recognized him with his nose. As for loyalty, then hehe...

   Not only Zhang Lu, but most of the local princes are now like this.

   "The propriety of the guest and the host" is not only what Fazheng and Liu Bei said, but almost everyone is like this. Even in later generations, the love and killing between the strong dragon and the local snake is still repeated.

  The situation in Hanzhong, even Shuzhong, as Li Ru said, there is indeed a contradiction in the distribution of benefits, and such a contradiction is an opportunity for Fei Qian.

   In fact, the interests of this thing always seem to be unevenly distributed.

  Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and the Central Plains was in chaos. Many gentry went south to avoid disaster. Yizhou was one of the main resorts. The "tens of thousands of families" from Sili, Feng Yi, and Fufeng came to Sichuan to avoid chaos, and they were called "Dongzhou Scholars". Time "Shu soil is rich and solid, fashion is extravagant, the house of goods is bred, the marquis wears jade food, the marriage is buried, the family is exhausted..."

  Although Chuanzhong is known as a fertile land, it is still limited after all. Therefore, these foreign "Dongzhou scholars" are inherently opposed to the native Yizhou gentry. Can the conflicts and various interest distribution entanglements generated in this be less?

"Liu Yizhou is respectful before being condescending, and many people in Yizhou are dissatisfied..." Although Li Ru was huddled in the leather robe, he seemed to have insight into the situation in the surrounding areas, and he said slowly like a few treasures, "Liu Yizhou is affected by the situation. The king ordered him to go, but because the road was blocked, he stayed in Jingdong... In fact, it was not the road, but the military chaos in the middle of Sichuan... It was at that time that Yizhou rebels Ma, Zhao and others gathered in Mianzhu, calling themselves the Yellow Turban. The order to kill Mianzhu, and more than ten thousand officials and people in central Sichuan, destroyed Luo County before, and then destroyed Shu County and Qianwei, claiming to be the emperor, and there are tens of thousands of people... But Liu Yizhou is helpless, in a dilemma..."

"...Yizhou was engaged in Jia, captured the officials and people, gained more than a thousand people, raided Ma and Zhao, broke through in a few days, and cleared the state border...Liu Yizhou was able to enter...hehe, but Liu Yizhou stopped Ma Yu and moved to Mianzhu , Fu Na rebellion, doing small favors, plotting different schemes, entrusting others to kill more than ten people including the powerful king of the state, Li, etc., to establish a prestige punishment..."

   Having said this, Li Ru stopped and looked at Fei Qian with complicated eyes.

   Feiqian pondered for a moment, then nodded silently to Li Ru, now he understood what Li Ru meant.

  Li Ru smiled in the leather robe, and nodded slightly. Since Fei Qian understands, there is no need to go into details...

Moreover, there really won't be any definite plan for this issue in the short term, and it can only be the four words "make the best use of the situation", but the balance and the strength of guidance will depend on Fei. The ability to dive when the time comes.

  So, now, let’s break Hanzhong first!

  ……………

  The sky gradually darkened, and the rain, which had completely covered the sky and the earth, also gradually weakened, and it was not pleasant to be sprinkled at all.

   Lying on a couch covered with hay, Er Mazi, the chief officer of the Shenling Army Village on Tangluo Road, was wrong, he was Qingxu Daoist, who had just used up his latex, stretched his old waist, and groaned comfortably.

  For those who cultivate immortals and seek Taoism, the air here on Tangluo Road is just like the legend, full of aura. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the grass is deep and the forest is dense. Taking a breath of fresh air full of oxygen and negative ions will immediately make people feel cool and comfortable from the outside to the inside...

   Refreshing, nothing more than that.

   But in the same way, it’s not just the lungs, but also the hands, feet, and joints of the body...

  Many Taoist priests who practiced in the deep mountains and rivers in later generations, why they still practice martial arts?

  The mountains are humid and dewy, and the place where you sleep may not be so dry. Maybe it will accumulate year after year, and you will have arthritis all over your body. If you don’t practice qigong to strengthen your body and remove moisture, how can you succeed?

  Therefore, these "refreshing" breaths in the Tangluo Dao are cumbersome rather than enjoyable for people like Er Mazi, um, Master Qingxu who have no martial arts habits.

  Even if he is the leader of the army village, Taoist Master Qingxu still doesn't want to practice martial arts.

  What kind of martial arts is practiced, the most important thing is to cultivate immortals...

  Wrong, the real most important thing is not to practice martial arts, nor to cultivate immortals, but to think of a way earlier, and the real thing is to get out of this "fairyland" with "beautiful mountains and clear waters"!

  Damn it, anyone who likes to stay in this poor place can come, anyway, I, um, Pindao doesn’t want to stay anymore...

   Infinite Heavenly Venerate!

  The Taishang Laojun is above, so I asked Xiaodao from this point. Xiaodao will definitely be enshrined every year, and the gift of the three animals will never be missing...

   Daoist Qingxu murmured silently in his heart.

   At the house built of wood and stone where Taoist Master Qingxu rested, two younger Taoist boys were on duty at the door.

  It was raining heavily, and sometimes the rain and fog would float into the eaves and hit the Taoist robes of the little Taoist boys, but the two little Taoist boys remained motionless, looking at their noses and mouths, with solemn expressions.

How can I say that Daoist Master Qingxu is also a cultivator, and he also needs to look like a cultivator. Naturally, he must be clean and decent. How can he get along with those poor ghosts every day? How can he reflect the demeanor of a cultivator? instrument?

  So Daoist Qingxu found such a beautiful place outside the original military stronghold, and built a wooden house elsewhere. The wooden house is built on a small stone platform on the mountainside, and along the stone platform, a thousand steps away from a winding stone and mud path is the original Shenling Army Village on the Tangluo Road.

  As for why a Taoist chief became the head of the military village, this is related to the current policy implemented by Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

  Speaking of which, Zhang Lu actually belongs to his grandson...

   Really grandson.

   Count from Zhang Daoling's side.

  Zhang Lu's Five Dou Rice Religion is actually called Zhengyi Mengweizhidao, also known as Tianshidao, which was created by Zhang Ling. Zhang Daoling's original name was Zhang Ling. Because he probably felt that he had gained the Tao, he added a word "Tao" to his name. This is the same as adding a "Feng" to the name of a Germanic officer in World War II, which is about three points more noble. .

Zhang Ling is from Pei Guofeng. He was originally a college student. Later, he probably read a lot of little yellow books in the National Library of the Han Dynasty. Well, it was the book of Huang Lao, so he gave up his position as a court official and went to Looking for traces of the gods...

Later, Zhang Ling went to the middle of Shu when Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, and felt that this was the place with the most aura in the world, so he claimed in Heming Mountain that he was ordered by the Taishang Laojun, and was named a celestial master by the Taishang Laojun. Founded the Tao of Heavenly Masters.

  Because to join the teaching, you need to pay five buckets of rice first, and there is no seven-day experience unconditional return system, and there is no national three-guarantee regulation, so those customers who have a bad experience criticize it as a five-dou rice thief, or rice thief for short.

  Of course, people in Tianshidao don’t think so.

  Since ancient times, apprentices from all walks of life have to have a meeting ceremony. This is the minimum rule and etiquette. Confucius accepted his disciples and also collected them, that is, ten pieces of bacon, but why didn't Confucianism be called "bacon religion"?

   This is obviously the slander of these disciples of Confucianism on Tianshi Taoism...

  When Zhang Ling first established the Tao of Heavenly Masters, he practiced medicine and preached in Bashu for a generation, and the poor people had many believers. After Zhang Ling's death, his son Zhang Heng succeeded him; after Zhang Heng's death, his son Zhang Lu still taught his way, and they were collectively called "Three Masters", namely Zhang Ling, "Heavenly Master", Zhang Heng, "Heir Master", and "Department Master". Zhang Lu.

Now Zhang Lu calls himself "Shijun" and promotes the political system of the Communist Party in Hanzhong. Taoist people"; those who have been in Taoism for a long time, have profound Taoism, and have certain strengths are called "jiujiu"; those who have many leaders are called "jitoujijiu".

Unlike the imperial court of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu's army, or the jurisdiction unit of the civil affairs, was not a village, but a "government". In Hanzhong, the "Twenty-Four Governance" was established, and the head of the army was given full power to manage the administrative and military affairs. , religion, etc...

  Therefore, it is not surprising that in the Tangluo Road, a Taoist priest Qingxu became the supervisor of the Shenling Army Village.

  Furthermore, because of Tianshidao’s implementation of such a policy, all kinds of contradictions in Hanzhong were aroused, and the title of "rice thief" was spread all over the place. Who can be blamed?

Of course, Daoist Qingxu in the small military village of Tangluo Dao didn't care so much at all. It would be nice to have a full meal and then sleep comfortably on a dry bed. The greatest enjoyment of the moment.

  As for the future, let’s get some sleep first!

  However, such a meager pure enjoyment was quickly broken...

In the midst of the rain, a tattered soldier stepped from the military stronghold on the mountain road, stepped on the muddy water, scrambled and climbed up the stone steps, ran to the wooden house, and said out of breath: "Report, report...Really, real person, there is...someone...climbed, climbed up..."

  (end of this chapter)