Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 92

Seeing that everyone had no questions to ask, Zhuge Liang lightly shook his feather fan and said, "If you talk about the Southern Expedition, Liang thinks [-] soldiers will be enough for this campaign!"

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he looked to see if Liu Chan had any objections. Liu Chan, whose crown was shaking, looked as usual, and raised his hand to signal Zhuge Liang to continue.

Zhuge Liang bowed his hands in salute, straightened his waist, turned sideways to the crowd, and said, "Liang thought that the chaos in Nanzhong was caused primarily by the king of Yi, Gao Ding. When the first emperor was there, Gao Ding, the commander of the barbarians, attacked Xindao County many times in the north; Collapse, Gao Ding openly proclaimed the king in Yuexi County, and has a large number of troops, if this bureaucrat is not eliminated, Nanzhong will be in trouble."

"Gaoding's army was defeated, and Yizhou Yongkai and Cangzhu Bao were like turtles in a urn, waiting to be captured. Therefore, the minister thought that the army would be divided into three groups, Li Huizhong would attack Yizhou Yongkai; the subordinate governor Ma Zhongdong would attack Cangzhu Zhu; the minister led the army Take the [-] West Road and leave the Bo Road, go south to Anshang, and look for the main force of Gaoding to fight with them." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands to Liu Chan and said.

Liu Chan didn't answer, but looked around at the crowd, deliberately stood up from Huang Quan who had rushed back from Yong'an, first bowed his hands respectfully to Liu Chan, and then asked Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, Quan heard that Gao Ding has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. Dingzuo and Beishui are mostly guarded by bases, waiting for work at leisure. Why didn’t the prime minister break through the enemy army in Beishui quickly, cut off one of his fingers, and then fight Gaoding in the field, if Gaoding gathers the barbarians to fight with them in the field, I’m afraid it will be difficult.”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "Gongheng, just look at Gao Ding. Gao Ding doesn't know how to attack our army. Throw grass to scare the snake, so that it can't stick to it."

"Gu Liang wants to wait for them to gather and break them together. Moreover, there are many barbarian tribes under Gao Ding. If we attack them one by one, the rebellious tribes alone will be united. If we let them gather together, how will he and the barbarians know the secrets of the battle formation?" , In a field battle, they are like mobs, a mess of scattered sand, which can be easily broken!" Zhuge Liang sneered.

After hearing this, Huang Quan clasped his hands and continued to ask, "How does the Prime Minister know his internal situation!"

Zhuge Liang laughed lightly and said: "You can't say it, Gongheng will know in the future."

When Huang Quan heard this, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Since the prime minister is confident, Quan will stop talking."

Seeing Huang Quan retreating, Liu Chan asked after thinking for a while, "Xiangfu, I thought that when the Yueyi caused chaos for a long time, Xiangfu could leave an army in Yueyi to continue to fight against the barbarians. Besides, there are many barbarians in Yueyi. The soldiers and horses are intimidating, and the county guards are in trouble. I am afraid that Xiangfu's army will withdraw, and Yuexi County will rebel. I want to restore the Changli, Gaowang, and Shichang army horse farms for the use of horses in the Northern Expedition in the future."

Zhuge Liang thought about Liu Chan's words. If the victory is over, it is not impossible to leave troops and horses to calm down. But if you leave troops to fight, you will have to transport food in the middle of Shu, which will increase the court's expenditure; After all Yu Wei is still there.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was constantly thinking about the pros and cons, Liu Chan was not in a hurry, but slowly said: "I have heard from Zixu that Su Qi and Qiongdu have copper and iron mines for a generation. My big man currently lacks copper ore coins, and iron ore coins. Bingge, if we can control it and open mines, it can be used by my big man."

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang no longer hesitated, but asked directly: "Your Majesty's statement is true?"

Liu Chan motioned Xiang Yu to go out and replied.

Xiang Yu was somewhat restrained, and answered with cupped hands: "Prime Minister, it is true. There is a place of Xide under Suqi County. The local old people call it 'Xiduo Lada', which means the place where armor is made. Here There is Su Qisou who, relying on weapons, has repeatedly resisted the imperial court."

Zhuge Liang changed his mind and decided to stay in the army to fight against the barbarians in Yuexi County. He cupped his hands and asked Liu Chan, "I wonder if your majesty has someone in mind?"

Without pondering for a while, Liu Chan said flatly: "I want to restore the Ministry of Duwei to take charge of Hanjia and Yuexi County soldiers to rectify the barbarians in the two places. Zi can take on this important task, so Qingyiwei can help Zijun to pacify Yuexi County, and wait Afterwards, the Yak Qiang can be subdued, and the Yak Road, which has been separated for hundreds of years, can be reopened."

After a pause, he looked at Ma Su again: "Although Ma Qing was the prefect of Yuexi County before, it is a pity that Gaoding rebelled. This time, Ma Qing can be appointed as the prefect of Yueyi County. , changed to the chief of the three guards, governing the civil affairs of the three guards and their education."

"No!" Ma Di replied in a deep voice.

"I have heard that Ma Qing is very talented and good at discussing military strategies. Ma Qing is serving as the prefect of Yuexi County this time, and can assist Zijun in the military. The two must complement each other." Liu Chan said lightly.

Although Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang discussed and reformed many times before, they did not dare to carry out it with great fanfare given the current situation.Zhuge Liang first used Hanjia County as a pilot to implement the recovery of the county government's personnel appointment and dismissal rights.Then, by means of the promotion of "Yizhou Minzheng", the authority to appoint Hu, Tian, ​​and Shui Cao officials and the right to perform performance examinations were taken to the central government.

Now Liu Chan will try to implement the most important step, the separation of military and government.Taking advantage of the conquest of the barbarians in Yuexi County and the Yak and Qiang in Hanjia County, the post of Captain (Note ①) was restored to take over the military power of the two counties.

Different from the Western Han Dynasty, the captain of the Western Han Dynasty is one of the captains in several jurisdictions of a border county, while the governor of the department set up by Liu Chan is the sum of several counties.

Everyone sitting there had different reactions, but they all looked at Zhuge Liang and waited for his reaction.For Zhuge Liang, he was not surprised at all. Liu Chan had mentioned this to Zhuge Liang before.It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Liu Chan would use the incident of Yuexi County to push him out.

Taking a deep breath, Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "The country's words are justified. Between the border counties, the county guards and leaders cannot conquer the land of other counties. If they wait for other counties to react, they will definitely miss the opportunity. Zi can be qualified for this position. The barbarians of Hanjia Second County."

Liu Chan nodded, and said slowly: "Later, the inner government will issue a document. Now continue to discuss the southern conscription."

When everyone was quiet, Zhao Yun cupped his hands and asked, "Prime Minister, I wonder if there are any candidates for the Southern Expedition."

"For this Southern Expedition, Ziyuan (Wu Yi), Yuanxiong (Wu Ban), Zijun, Bogong (Zhang Yi), Shizai and other generals and schools can be more than [-] people, and Zilong needs to stay in Chengdu." Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, and said in a deep thought.

Clenching his fists, Zhao Yun rushed out of the line, cupped his hands and said, "Although Yun is old, he still has the courage to be incorruptible, the hero of Ma Yuan. Why doesn't the prime minister use me?"

Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "Since last year, Wenxiu (Xu Jing), Zichu (Liu Ba), Zizhong (Mizhu), Meng Qi and other officials who raised the army of the former emperor have died of illness one after another. Going back in the sun is hard work, but you can stay in Chengdu and defend His Majesty."

Zhao Yun said sharply: "Since the late emperor, Yun has never retreated before the battle, and will be the first to meet the enemy. How could Yun not go with the army!"

Wang Ping went out to persuade: "Master, Nanzhong is full of miasma and barren land. Master is too old to go there!"
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①Buduwei is a duwei set up in the branch of a big county in the border area, and the official in charge of the military affairs of the area. The capital will also set up a Buwei to take charge of public security. For example, Cao Cao served as the northern captain of Luoyang.

In the former Han Dynasty, the captain was in charge of the military defense of the county, paying equal attention to the prefect, and there were several captains in the border county.In the Later Han Dynasty, the captain of the inland county was replaced by the prefect.

(End of this chapter)