The infantry arrived, with a neat military appearance and banners. Although they were on a mountain road and could not form formations, they stood quietly, and an awe-inspiring murderous aura rushed into the sky.
Guan Yu listened to the report with an expressionless face. For a long time, he narrowed his red eyes and sighed: "The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky... Your Majesty's poem is really vivid."
"I have always heard that the road to Shu is difficult, and the road to Shu is difficult. When I came from Hanzhong a few days ago, I thought it was nothing more than that. Only when I got here today did I know the true meaning of the road to Shu."
"Yes, when we came here, the mountains were solid and dangerous, and the valley roads were quite wide, and could still be broken through by force. Today, when I saw the burned plank road, I realized that the road to Shu was indeed difficult." Deputy General Xu Huang seconded the opinion.
Everyone seemed to be frightened when they looked at the endless mountains from north to south. It was originally a plank road on the cliff. When it was intact, there were only stumps and holes at this time... How could the army advance?
They all sighed involuntarily.
Just now a soldier took a few steps to test, but when the wind blew, everyone watched him fall. Although he grabbed a stump, he couldn't last long. Before he died, he screamed: "General, my name is Zhang Tongya.
I also have a fifty-year-old woman, and I beg the general to take care of her..."
Before he could finish his words, the mountain wind blew up and he couldn't hold on to it, so he fell down.
Although everyone's hearts were as solid as stone, they couldn't help but secretly feel miserable that this road was inaccessible.
Guan Yu looked at the remains of the cliff plank road extending forward from not far away, all the way to the clouds, with a livid expression on his face.
The song "About to Enter Wine" is full of dangers and difficulties. High mountains are insurmountable obstacles under simple transportation conditions, not to mention that Shu and the Central Plains are separated by the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains. The only way to enter Shu is the sloping valley line plank road opened in the pre-Qin period.
, above the cliff and abyss, it makes people feel frightened.
When Liu Yan returned, he lit a fire and burned the plank road. Xu Huang, the pursuing vanguard, stared at him, saying that there was nothing he could do. Although the cavalry he led were brave, they could not fly.
The plank road is so damaged that it will be difficult to advance unless it is repaired. However, it will take two years to repair such a plank road, even with magicians and Taoist soldiers.
"General, if the Shu Road is burned, you can go up from the Jingzhou Water Channel in the opposite direction."
"The water in the Three Gorges is dangerous, and it is very difficult for trackers to pull the boat." Guan Yu said this gloomily, and turned to the members of the magician group: "Can you survive such natural dangers?"
"Using Taoist magic to sneak into small groups can still be done, but I am afraid that this person will not be able to threaten Shuzhong." The group of magicians looked at each other, and someone swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in embarrassment.
Guan Yu said nothing more and ordered: "Immediately report the latest situation to your Majesty and wait for the decree."
"yes"
Luoyang Imperial Palace
"Your Majesty, urgent report from Hanzhong." Daofa's message traveled three thousand miles a day, which was slower than a telegraph. However, it took less than a day to reach the imperial court across Hanzhong and Luoyang.
"Well" Ye Qing sipped the tea, his expression was calm, and he remained silent. The officials below lowered their heads and stared at him, nervously waiting for the order.
Ye Qing stood up, walked around under the window, looked at the garden in the distance, and said with a sneer: "Don't you think Liu Yan is so decisive and determined to resist the heavenly soldiers?"
Liu Yan, courtesy name Junlang, was born in Jingling, Jiangxia. He was a descendant of Liu Yu, King Gong of Lu in the Western Han Dynasty. He served successively as the Luoyang magistrate, Jizhou governor, Nanyang prefect, Zongzheng, Taichang and other officials.
Later, he asked the imperial court to be the shepherd of Yizhou and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangcheng. He went to Yizhou to organize the officials. Liu Yan entered Yizhou and sent Zhang Lu to occupy Hanzhong. Zhang Lu cut off the traffic and killed the Han envoys. The road between Yizhou and the central government was blocked.
The princes of the world attacked Dong Zhuo, but Liu Yan also refused to send troops. In 191 AD, Liu Yan spread rumors about the saint's signs, created a public opinion, and wanted to proclaim himself emperor.
Such people are really deliberately planning to conquer the world. If the world cannot be established, they will still want to separate themselves.
Seeing the emperor meditating, the people around him didn't even dare to take a breath, and waited with their hands down, fearing that the emperor's thunderous wrath would be aroused. In fact, Ye Qing gave up at this time.
Ye Qing didn't care much about the progress. He once remembered that when Zhuge Liang took Hanzhong and Cao Cao was forced to retreat to Xiegu, he sighed that it was "tasteless" and tasteless, so it was a pity to abandon it.
This is still a contest between the Cao Wei Group's tens of millions of people and the Shu Han's two million people. Now compared to the New Han Empire's 40 million to preserve its vitality, this Shu land is just a small copy.
He turned his attention more to the grassland, paying attention to Murong Zheng's movements. According to the spies in the border caravan, the Xianbei people clearly integrated all ethnic groups and formally established a country. This meant the stability of the pattern and the beginning of the real transformation of dragon energy.
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Ye Qing is not angry about this, he wants to see who grows faster and who can't bear it anymore.
The empire is making every effort to restore the water conservancy system and agricultural production in accordance with the first five-year plan, and has very little compression of the military budget, but war preparations are still going on all the time.
that's enough.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Qing turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Send people to build the Shu Road, list it as a project, and hand it over to the cabinet to handle the matter."
"The Three Gorges waterway is widened at the same time and can be blasted by fire and thunder."
"At this time, I sent magicians to lurk inside. Liu Yan and Shu are both outsiders. I almost want to unify the world and shock the world. However, Liu Yan was defeated before. One is going down, the other is going up. I don't believe in Shu."
No one responded."
"Since the land of Shu is in trouble, the first step is to pacify Liang Prefecture and then merge the prefectures."
"Yes" someone immediately responded and quickly wrote the decree into a document. Ye Qing read it carefully, sealed it with a jade seal, and published it.
Luoyang quickly transferred Guan Yu and the group of young generals who commanded him, and sent Zhao Yun to lead Lu Xun, Lu Meng, and Wei Yan.
The new generation of young generals needs to grow up, and new blood has also been welcomed into the military camp. The various departments of the Central Northern Army are replenishing new recruits and dispatching them in turn to prepare for the future war on the grassland.
Liangzhou persisted for two years, but finally could no longer hold out and surrendered, and the state was merged and unified.
For a time, the only area in the world that was not peaceful was Shu, which became a stalemate. There were many small battles in the newspapers. The people of Luoyang were used to such continuous wars... they were always far away.
Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, it is the fifth year of Yingwu, and another midsummer year.
The wheat and rice in the fields are gradually losing their greenness, and the Nangong Taoyuan in Luoyang is full of fairy fruits. This is not only the growth of the saplings cut from the mother plant, but also a sign that China is prosperous and is not far away from the acceptance of the first five-year plan.
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In terms of military affairs, Shu experienced a comic turn.
In the cold winter of last year, Liu Yan, the former king of Shu, fell ill and neglected his duties. He lingered all winter and passed away unwilling to let go at the beginning of spring. He passed the throne to Liu Zhang - only this young son with a cowardly character could pass it on.
After three years of construction, the roads of Shu were basically restored, but the foundation of Shu was greatly weakened. It was all suppressed by Liu Yan's powerful methods. His death from illness directly shook the rule.
Liu Zhang was helpless in the face of such a mess.
This is not a matter of food expenses. The Kingdom of Abundance under Dujiangyan is still very rich and has a population of millions. However, facing the trend of unification in the New Han Dynasty, people's hearts have been scattered. In the original history, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang managed Shu for decades, both civil and military.
The first generation died or declined, and Liu Adou could still hold on for a few more years. At this time, Liu Zhang did not have this condition, nor did he have the tenacity and iron fist of his father's generation.
Liu Zhang's older brothers were strong and promising, but Liu Mao died young (his wife Wu Ranlise, the sister of the chariot general Wu Yi, later remarried Liu Bei and became the queen), Liu Fan, and Liu Dan later died in the history of resisting Dong Zhuo, and now
He has been working as a civil servant in Luoyang.
Some of them have the meaning of restraint, but more often they mean that they have good abilities, are very loyal, and have been appreciated by the emperor and promoted.
The three existing brothers are enemies of each other, just like the three brothers Zhuge Liang who served in Wei, Shu and Wu in history, which was regarded as normal by people at the time.
When the peaches in the garden were ripe, the emperor held a banquet for his ministers in the Xiyuan on the outskirts of the city. After the banquet, these members of the family were left for a walk under the moon, and no one knew what was said.
In fact, Ye Qing just talked about their father Liu Yan's past life and expressed his feelings.
Liu Fan and Liu Dan carefully followed the emperor's answers, and finally rested together in the pavilion. They dared not sit down until the emperor ordered them.
"In the past, the world was in chaos. It was because my father sent a letter to all parties to cause trouble. The reason was that the governor had little power, so he appointed clan members, while the important ministers were pastors in outlying states. The military and political power was monopolized to suppress the bandits..."
"To be fair, this is because Nai's father already has the ambition to seize the tripod at this time..." Before they could finish speaking, Liu Fan and Liu Dan were so frightened that they were covered in sweat, and they quickly knelt down and knelt down to apologize.
"Get up, this has nothing to do with you. Although this weakens the central government and accelerates the collapse of the old dynasty, it saves the Liu family's vitality and prevents them from hanging on a rotten tree. We need to create new ideas in the corners of the four corners to have the opportunity to prosper."
Ye Qing said this, thinking of the history of Liu Yan Yizhou, Liu Yu Youzhou, Liu Biao Jingzhou, and Liu Bei running away. He smiled a little and said: "I can rise, and it is my father's contribution."
Liu Fan and Liu Dan felt their backs were wet. They looked at each other and said goodbye in fear: "Your Majesty has his own destiny. The dragon's energy appears in the White Rabbit Mountain. It shows that the great ancestor has a spirit and extraordinary merits."
"Haha..." Ye Qing's expression became strange. Since he was so obviously a copycat of auspiciousness, the aura of heaven and earth transformed into Taoism and became a saint, more and more knowledgeable people have believed it... This aspect has lowered Yingjie's reputation.
IQ is really a bit embarrassing.
This naughty thought flashed across his mind, and he understood the fearful mood of the two young officials, but he could not say that he sincerely admired their father's courage.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yan was the first person who wanted to become the second in Guangwu and took action.
Historically, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang revised the Tianyi League into the Five Dou Rice Alliance. At that time, the Han Dynasty was still very strong. Liu Yan rode into Shu alone and led a group of core civil and military personnel such as Wu Yi to suppress the religious rebels in central Shu. Zhang
With the support of Liu Yan, Lu first attacked Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong. After occupying Hanzhong, he attacked and killed Zhang Xiu and regained the power of Tianshi Taoism.
At this time, Liu Yan unified Bashu and Hanzhong. This was the way Liu Bang counterattacked Xiang Yu. It can also be said that in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, he had the power territory of the later Shu Han. After eight years of rule, by the time the heroes challenged Dong, the dragon spirit had already
Basically formed.
Compared with the Shu Han Group that Liu Bei himself established after 20 years of delay, Liu Yan was the fastest to establish a separatist power in Shu. It must be said that the strong inertia accumulated by the two dynasties of the old Liu family, a little inspiration is the first
The second Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu.
But Liu Yan's failure was that he did not go to Luoyang to participate in the princes' fight against Dong - his idea may be "the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will benefit", allowing the heroes of the Kanto region and Dong Zhuo of the Kansai region to consume each other's strength, but this lost political justice, and the small