With a loud roar, the roll of silk in Liu Bei's hand fell to the table with a clatter.
"Brother!!! Look at me killing a dragon!"
Zhang Fei screamed and rushed into the courtyard with the smell of blood. He shouted at Liu Bei in the hall, then waved back, "Bring it in! Carry it to the courtyard! Show it to my brother."
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"Dragon?" Liu Bei couldn't help but be curious, stood up and left the hall.
The "dragon" Zhang Fei mentioned was so big that it took six people, tied with ropes and hoisted on poles, to carry it into the courtyard.
The appearance of the "dragon" is very ugly, but at a glance, you can tell that it is very ferocious.
In fact, if there are future generations present, they will recognize that the so-called "dragon" killed by Zhang Fei is actually an enlarged version of the alligator...
The ancient people also said that this kind of creature can appear and disappear, and usually lurks in deep pools. Only under thunderstorms and stormy weather, if it successfully overcomes the tribulation, will it rise to the top and become a real dragon.
As for the appearance of dragons, most of them are covered in scales, invulnerable, with protruding eyes, a long jaw, a mouth full of tapered fangs, strong limbs, fangs and claws, a long winding tail, and a snake-like belly.
Ring armor and so on...
Isn’t this a proper crocodile appearance?
But in ancient times, this was the "dragon".
After all, in addition to the endangered alligator, there is actually a larger crocodile species in China - the Hanyu crocodile. This thing is really big, and it is more in line with the ancient people's imagination of dragons.
Because it is only recorded in Han Yu's articles in history, it is called this.
Of course, there are other explanations for the origin of this title, but it is not very important at the moment. What is important is that Zhang Fei, a reckless man, really killed such a "dragon".
"I heard someone said that this dragon was causing harm to the village, devouring pigs and cattle, and killing the villagers, so I set a trap to lure it ashore..." Zhang Fei danced and said, "Wow, this guy is really strong! Fortunately, I am
I attached an iron hook to the bait so that it wouldn't escape..."
Although it was not Zhang Fei's fault alone, the deep hole on the crocodile's forehead was the blow that sealed Zhang Fei's victory.
"Third brother, you are too reckless!" Liu Bei circled around Zhang Fei twice and saw that although there was blood on Zhang Fei's body, there were no injuries. Then he felt relieved and complained, "Such a vicious thing, if Zhang Fei is injured,
Third brother, what should we do?!』
"It can't be hurt! It's hurt... Well, brother, I know..." Zhang Fei was defeated in Liu Bei's eyes, and then muttered in a low voice, "I heard that killing the dragon... can be won."
His luck... I originally wanted to capture him and let him kill me, but unfortunately this beast was so fierce that I couldn't catch him alive... That's when I took action... Anyway, my luck is also my brother's luck..."
"Hey!" Liu Bei was angry, funny, and a little touched, "Where did you hear this nonsense?"
"What nonsense?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, "How can this be nonsense? Didn't Emperor Gaozu kill the dragon in Mang Mountain?"
Liu Bei was very helpless, "It's just a snake...and it's not in Mang Mountain, but in Mangdang Mountain..."
"Ah... this... ah ha ha ha..." Zhang Fei scratched the back of his head, "Anyway, I'll kill them all... I'll use this dragon to cook tonight! Brother, please eat more!"
"Hi!" Liu Bei couldn't refuse Zhang Fei's kindness, and he no longer said that eating it would not bring him any luck, but patted Zhang Fei on the back, "Remember! There will be no next time!"
Zhang Fei nodded, "Yes, I also asked around, there are no such big dragons around..."
"It won't work if you do!" Liu Bei was very serious, and then asked people to drag the "dragon" down to deal with it, and asked Zhang Fei to wash and change clothes.
After a while, Zhang Fei came back from taking a bath. He saw Liu Bei sitting in a daze. He thought Liu Bei was still angry, so he patted his chest and promised that it was just this once and he would not do it again next time. Then his voice changed, "
Brother, this dragon... really has no luck?"
"Hey..." Liu Bei sighed, "It's really not... really. Think about it, if there is any luck... there are so many emperors in the Han Dynasty, and those who have ulterior motives... If there is really any luck...
How can these guys survive to this day?"
"Oh... Hi... I thought..." Zhang Fei patted his thigh, "That's what big brother said... It's a pity, tsk tsk... It would be great if it really existed..."
"It's useless..." Liu Bei smiled bitterly, picked up the silk on the desk and handed it to Zhang Fei, "Here, take a look."
Zhang Fei took it and unfolded it, "Jiangdong Sun clan? What do they want to do? Form an alliance? What... do you want us to attack Sichuan and Shu? To rule by paddling the water? This..."
Zhang Fei raised his head and looked at Liu Bei, "Brother...this..."
Liu Bei was silent and sat at the table.
The sunlight filtered through the window lintel and reflected on Liu Bei, half bright and half gray.
After a while, Liu Bei said: "Actually, when I think about it, the Qiaoqi and us don't have such a big hatred... The second brother wrote a letter, saying that he had discovered another big island, which was even bigger than the previous Qiongya land...
To open up new territory and expand territory... why bother fighting over Sichuan and Shu?"
Liu Bei turned around and looked at Zhang Fei, "That's why I say this luck is just empty... Only the land we conquered is real... Let them fight for it, and we will concentrate on opening up the territory! Even if it is
A hundred years later, in the Han Dynasty, we will still have the reputation of you and me as brothers! The names of you and me as brothers will also remain in the history forever!"
"Brother is right! I listen to you!" Zhang Fei nodded and threw Jiang Dong's silk as if it were a rag.
Liu Bei laughed and then looked out the window.
Distant mountains and smoke.
This world, as Xiuqi said, is not just a place like the Central Plains...
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Zigui.
Jiangdong Daying.
Huang Gai stood on the water village lookout, looking at the densely packed ships along the Yangtze River.
The banners of Jiangdong were fluttering, the drums and trumpets were sounding, and the water and land were advancing side by side, upstream along the Yangtze River, like a long dragon, stretching and endless.
Zhu Zhi formally handed over military affairs to Huang Gai.
When Zhu Zhi said that it was Zhou Yu who went to Jiangling Water Village in person and had a heart-to-heart talk with Zhu Zhi, Huang Gai couldn't help but change some of his thoughts.
Especially after Zhu Zhi's implicit statement that Zhou Yu was in poor health, Huang Gai became even more uneasy.
People's thoughts can change...
If we were in later generations, even if we were a fool, we would often hear one or two words from others about the overall situation, the concept of the overall situation, etc., but what about the big Han people?
Do you really think that "overall perspective" is a compulsory course in the nine-year compulsory education and can be learned no matter what?
Huang Gai's overall view is not without, but it is not high enough. He is naturally much higher than the peaceful guys in Jiangdong, but if he is required to sacrifice everything in the family to complete the Sun family's great cause...
If he had to sacrifice just one of himself, Huang Gai gritted his teeth and decided to do it. After all, he had followed Sun Jian all the way to fight back then. Although his bloody courage has not faded with age, he would have to sacrifice the whole family, or in other words, everyone who followed Huang Gai.
If a group of people try to achieve success for others, Huang Gai really can't do it.
In other words, at the time of Sun Jian, Huang Gai had no problem asking the whole family to risk their lives, but now, he can't do it.
Is Huang Gai replaced?
Lost your wits?
No, it's just that the scope of Huang Gai's "Family Family" has expanded.
If Huang Gai is like this, why not Zhu Zhi?
Jiangdong accompanied Sun Jian all the way up and down, and then followed Sun Ce to conquer Jiangdong. There are a few of these people who are like Zhou Yu, who have never changed their ambitions from beginning to end, and have always put Sun's foundation first.
In front of yourself?
There was only the Governor of Zhou Dynasty in Jiangdong.
Only.
No one can compare!
The sound of war drums and horns gradually faded away.
The last warship left, but Huang Gai still didn't get off the watchtower.
"General..." Huang Gai's confidant asked in a low voice, "This... Governor Zhu is really going to attack Sichuan and Shu?"
"..." Huang Gai was silent for a moment and whispered, "That should be it..."
"Can Governor Zhu really capture Yufu?" his confidant asked again.
Huang Gai was silent for a while before saying, "I hope so..."
The confidant didn't quite understand, but seeing Huang Gai's worried expression, he didn't ask any more questions.
Huang Gai knew in his heart that even if Jiangdong was united, the key to conquering Sichuan and Shu would depend on whether the noble clan system in Sichuan and Shu could agree with Jiangdong.
If you don't agree, then you need to spend time and energy, bit by bit, but if you agree, it's easy, almost as soon as you spread the word.
The Sichuan and Shu gentry are located in a corner of the Han Dynasty. Their relatively closed nature also determines that the Sichuan and Shu gentry's strategies for dealing with matters will be similar and relatively closed. They are not too fond of Fei Qian's radical strategy. As long as they seize the current opportunity,
Jiangdong is not completely without a chance of victory.
Before Huang Gai set out, Zhou Yu also went to Huang Gai to explain this issue in detail, and said that Fei Qian, Xu Shu and others in Sichuan and Shu also had inherent conflicts of interest with the local wealthy families and had serious conflicts.
Conflicts, these are the best opportunities for Jiangdong Army.
As long as Jiangdong shows enough strength...
Zhou Yu’s plan was not wrong either.
Hey, Governor...
Huang Gai raised his head and looked at the sky.
Historically, when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he also seized the gap between Liu Zhang and the local nobles and took advantage of the gap. He did not really take advantage of it at all. After fighting one or two tough battles, the whole Sichuan surrendered.
Of course, Liu Zhang in history has a weak character and cannot be compared with Zhuge Liang, the Xu Shu who is in charge of the defense of Sichuan and Shu today. However, the contradictions in Sichuan and Shu still exist, and the conflicts between ethnic minorities and Han people still exist. These contradictions cannot be like
It's the same as in the game, either 1 or 0. In reality, these contradictions are often very uncertain. They may break out due to some trivial introduction, or they may be hidden for a long time and prevented from being eliminated.
Zhou Yu's plan is of course to take advantage of these contradictions and intensify the threat of war to force the Sichuan-Shu army to face internal and external pressure. By then, there will be Jiangdong troops pressing on the border outside Sichuan and Shu, and various problems will break out internally. Even if Xu Shu is given four more
Even with just one hand, he may not be able to press and pacify him completely. Then Jiangdong can find an opportunity and decide the fight directly.
but……
I am afraid of everything, but Jiangdong is no exception.
It is a pity that the momentum of Jiangdong's march has been blocked again and again. Even if it regains its momentum now, it is not as powerful as it was at the beginning.
This was partly due to the sharp counterattack of the Sichuan-Shu Army, but internal factors within Jiangdong were also indispensable.
There was even Huang Gai's own negligence and deficiencies in handling affairs.
"Captain..." Huang Gai murmured, "You are right...it's a pity..."
If Jiangdong is defeated because of this, others may not do anything, but Zhou Yu himself...
Thinking of this, Huang Gai's strong body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The river wind is chilling to the bone.
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Wolf smoke billowed up.
Zhuge Liang deployed early warning posts along the Yangtze River to convey the news of Jiangdong's full-scale march into Sichuan and Shu to Yufu.
In a lobby, there is a huge sand table.
Due to its very important geographical location, Yufu has been a city since the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Qin Dynasty, Jiangguan was set up here to control the upper and lower waters of the Yangtze River. In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the rule of this area, Yufu was also built here.
The army has been stationed here for a long time, and a Jiangguan captain was specially set up, with the same rank as the Bajun prefect. At the same time, Yufu's agricultural economic system is also very good, and there is also a specially set up Juguan...
The terrain here is dangerous, surrounded by mountains and rivers passing through the mountains. It is a battleground for military strategists. If the Jiangdong Army wants to march into Sichuan and Shu, this is a key point that cannot be bypassed.
In the sand table, a clerk marked the key points around Yufu, and there was a model of Jiangdong Army inserted in the river course made of white sand.
"Jiangdong's army is marching on both land and water, so it must not be moving very fast." Gan Ning pinched his chin at the side, with a bright expression on his face, as if he had recovered from his previous decadent state, "If you give me a hundred kilometers, you can stay here..."
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Gan Ning stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain place on the Yangtze River, "The water flow here is swirling enough to disrupt its forward force! It will severely dampen its energy!"
At this moment, Gan Ning was high-spirited and completely different from the dejected one who had suffered a defeat.
Zhuge Liang smiled and ignored Gan Ning's rhetoric, but turned around and asked Huang Quan who was beside Gan Ning, "Have all the surrounding villages been settled?"
Huang Quan nodded and handed the document in his sleeve to Zhuge Liang for review, "Please take a look at it, Chang Shi... Everything has been placed properly..."
In terms of rank, Zhuge Liang's current position is just that of General Hussar and Governor of Yi. In fact, he is one level lower than Huang Quan's governor of Ba County. However, Huang Quan does not regard himself as older than Zhuge Liang.
Either they are unruly if they have a higher rank, or they despise Zhuge, but cooperate respectfully, or even assist as Zhuge's deputy.
Because Huang Quan truly admired Zhuge Liang.
Unlike Gan Ning, who liked to fight and kill, Huang Quan valued his ability in people's livelihood and government affairs more.
Zhuge Liang is indeed very strong in this aspect.
Huang Quan originally thought that to fight against the enemy, it would be enough to build a strong wall and clear the field, and then focus on the recovery of production in the coming year. However, after Huang Quan arrived at Yufu, he realized that Zhuge Liang actually regarded the strong wall and clearing the field as a way to carry out enlightenment.
Opportunity to deal with...
Among Sichuan and Shu, the difficulty of education is more difficult than that of the Southern Xiongnu.
Although the grasslands and deserts are barbaric, it is difficult to have a closed area in such an environment. The Hu people themselves are nomadic, and then absorb this tribe or annex the population, so they are not familiar with the foreign Han culture and so on.
Exclusion in an extreme way.
But there are too many copycats in Sichuan and Sichuan.
The ancient cottage can even be traced back hundreds of years...
Therefore, in the entire process of Xu Shu's management of Sichuan and Shu in the past few years, the contradiction between the mountain people and the Han people has never been completely eliminated, especially in these extremely closed mountain villages, there is basically no Han culture.
They are not even welcome to the soil of survival in agriculture and engineering.
But now, with Jiangdong's excuse, a crack has been cracked in such a closed shell. Huang Quan's reputation among these tribal copycats is naturally more effective than other officials. Many copycats are in Huang Quan's reputation.
Under Quan's persuasion, the area was relocated, allowing the area near Yufu to achieve a relatively complete clearing of the wilderness to a certain extent.
No one wants to encounter a military disaster and die innocently, so temporarily leaving the area that may be affected by the military disaster will naturally be recognized by most mountain people. Once they leave the village and come into contact with the atmosphere of the outside world, they want to go back.
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If this kind of thing is done in normal times, even if it gives extra benefits to these copycat people, these copycat people will not be happy. If the subsidy is too much, the Han people will have objections.
But now, the cost is not much and the effect is very good. It is simply killing three birds with one stone.
The people of Jiangdong never dreamed that their march into Sichuan and Shu would actually help Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others in promoting Sichuan and Shu’s education...
After Zhuge Liang read Huang Quan's resettlement document, he first praised Huang Quan for his meticulous and hard work, then turned to Gan Ning and said, "General Gan, the bandit army is approaching, and there must be spies to contact..."
Gan Ning made a loud noise and clapped his hands and said, "Don't worry about what you are doing! The surrounding soldiers, sentries, and roving scouts have all been arranged! Just wait for them to fall into the trap!"
Zhuge Liang's ability in tracking down traitors also impressed Huang Quan.
With the cooperation of Youwen Si, who secretly had some dealings with Jiangdong, flirted with each other, or was a gentry who provided convenience to Jiangdong's spies, Zhuge Liang dug out even the smallest clues, and then pulled out a lot of them.
Moreover, the evidence is so conclusive that there is no chance for sophistry.
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "Brother Gongheng, I remember that there were some people in the past who were willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the light side..."
Huang Quan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, "Chang Shi said, let these people do counterinsurgency? But what if..."
"It's true or false," Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "It's not enough to win, but it's enough to try."
"I understand..." Huang Quan nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements right away."
Gan Ning watched Huang Quan leave, pointed at his nose and said: "Then... what about me? What should I do now?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I hope General Gan will be defeated again... But this time, the false defeat should be adjusted..."
"ah?!"
Fake defeat again? Gan Ning felt that he was not feeling well.
