Chapter 161 I have never been combative in my life (please order)
In addition, Liu Yan's daily life was also very luxurious. There were dozens of maids and concubines in the mansion, all of whom were good at singing, dancing, and playing music. Liu Yan also taught them to recite Chinese poems by famous writers.
Fu can be called the most playful celebrity in Sichuan.
In fact, the problem of life style is not a big deal. Most celebrities of this era are like this, and Zhuge Liang can tolerate it.
However, Liu Yan was arrogant by nature and liked to talk too much. He often said absurd things and was seriously at odds with the general Wei Yan. The two often had disputes. The former relied on his higher official position than Wei Yan and often made the latter so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
Nothing can be done.
In the half month since he sent out troops, Zhuge Liang had endured it several times. Liu Yan finished talking about the military arrangements and continued to talk about the character of the generals in the camp, saying "Wei Yan is arrogant and cannot be reused" and "Jiang Wei's new surrender cannot be paid."
"On military power", "Yang Yi is narrow-minded, and as the chief secretary, it is unfair to be in charge of everything in the prime minister's house" and so on.
"enough!"
Zhuge Liang took advantage of the incident and severely reprimanded Liu Yan. Then he was imprisoned in a closed camp to reflect on his mistakes and deprived of his military power for "making rude remarks and disrupting the morale of the army."
All the soldiers in the army applauded this decision and praised Zhuge Liang as "wise".
Among the praises, Wei Yan's voice was the loudest.
These days, Wei Yan has been tormented by Liu Yan. The latter always breaks into his residence and camp without permission, finding faults here and pointing fingers there, which is very annoying.
Wei Yan was originally aloof and had a tense relationship with his colleagues, and life was not going well. He also disliked Yang Yi and Ma Su, and they started to fight each other as soon as they met. Now Liu Yan was here to cause trouble. When the other party scolded him, he
Don't even dare to talk back.
This is not because the status of Wei Yan, the governor of Liangzhou, is not enough, but because Liu Yan, who was ordered to supervise the army, represents the will of His Majesty Liu Chan. How could Wei Yan dare to make a mistake?
So I can only endure it.
Now it's better, the whole world is pure!
Zhuge Liang looked around at the generals and said in a deep voice: "It has been reported that Sima Yi has returned from Longxi. The army will arrive at Wuzhangyuan soon. All the generals should return to their camps to appease the soldiers and rebuild their morale. In the future, we should march forward bravely to fight with Sima Yi."
Fight to the death!"
"Yes, Prime Minister." Everyone accepted the order and went to prepare.
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Shaodang Qiang, the royal palace.
Xicheng, where the royal palace is located, is the highest place on the plateau. It is midsummer, the sun is high in the sky, and the wind is blowing all around.
The fierce sunlight shines on the wooden buildings on the top of the mountain, burning the smell of wood that is about to spontaneously combust.
Under the eaves of the top floor of the three-story palace, Ma Su, with a "king"-shaped mask on his forehead, sat on a square wooden pier, listening to the military reports from the three major generals.
In this magnificent Qiang-style building, you can overlook the three urban areas with different styles in the east, south and north. In the distance, you can see the same color of sky and clouds and the vast land. The plateau wind whistling by your ears is like something in the deep valley.
There is no sound of flute, desolate and distant.
But Ma Su was not interested in enjoying the beautiful scenery of heaven and earth. He only felt that the side of his body facing the sun was as hot as fire, and the side facing the wind was as cold as bones.
Because it was summer, the wind on the Qiangdi Plateau was very noisy.
The places facing away from the sun are extremely hot and hot, and the sun is so strong that people's skin can catch fire. The places facing away from the sun are extremely cold, and the cold draft can make people's scalp numb.
Therefore, staying in a single-story low palace is as uncomfortable as staying in a steamer, and staying in a cool place makes people shiver.
Ma Su had to sit under the sunny and ventilated eaves, facing the sun and facing the wind. While using the sun to mark the word "king" on his forehead, he listened to the military reports from the three major generals.
"General, 20,000 cavalry have been organized, and it will take half a month for the equipment to arrive."
"According to reports from scouts scattered in Liangzhou, Xu Miao is recruiting troops in Wuwei City and training soldiers intensively."
"Most people in Liangzhou have little interest in this, and only a handful of people join the army."
"When the Wei soldiers in Wuwei City heard that the opponent they were about to fight was General You, they were very resistant to it. Rumors spread in the army that you were ten times more terrifying than the former "Shenwei Tian General" Ma Chao. Who would dare to fight with you? Anyone who joins the enemy is seeking death. There were even deserters in the Wei army, but most of these deserters were captured and brutally beaten."
"This has caused complaints from Wei soldiers everywhere, and more and more people are deserting. In the past half month, we have received more than a thousand Wei soldiers who came to defect."
"General, how to deal with them..."
"..."
Ma Su waved his hand and stopped Zhang Xiu's words. He turned over and faced the cold wind. He felt the coolness on his chest and the burning sensation on his back. He breathed out happily: "Huang Xi, Li Sheng, what do you guys say?" Let’s talk about the situation in central Sichuan.”
The two generals who had just traveled thousands of miles from Sichuan to the Qiang land heard this and did not bother to wipe the sweat from their foreheads. Li Sheng quickly drank his saliva, put down the stone bowl, and organized his words.
"General, judging from the current situation, the eldest son has completely taken control of the engineering team. The road construction is progressing very quickly. In less than three months, the road will be built from Xi County to Shaodang Qiang."
At this point, Li Sheng and Huang Xi exchanged looks.
The latter took over: "General, there is not much ash left in the extinct volcano in Sichuan."
Ma Su was silent for a while: "How many miles of road have been built so far? How many miles of road are there still enough to build?"
Huang Xi bowed and said: "Ten thousand miles have been built so far, and it is estimated that another five thousand to ten thousand miles can be built. There are still... many places that have not been built yet."
Ma Su turned around again and faced the sun.
"Any other information?"
Huang Xi lowered his head and thought for a while, then continued: "His Majesty suddenly issued an edict not long ago that he will marry Zhang Xingcai, the second daughter of Marquis Huan, in the near future. I heard that this matter was approved by the Prime Minister, and the specific circumstances are unknown."
Zhang Xingcai and Ma Di pondered for a moment: "How is Ma Wen's situation now?"
"The eldest son's mood is quite stable, but he suddenly stopped talking a lot. He didn't say a word all day long."
Ma Su nodded: "Is there any other news?"
"Yes, there are several big families in Soochow that have been targeted by Sun Quan. These families have been buying large quantities of Shu brocade from Shu Han and have entered into long-term purchase intentions with us. Among them are Zhang Zhao's family. But now they are unable to protect themselves, and Sichuan Brocade is unsaleable..."
"There has been another riot in Shanyue recently. This riot has a large scope. From Kuaiji to Yuzhang, it has affected almost all the prefectures and counties in the south of Soochow, but it is estimated that it will not last long."
"Sun Quan has sent Ding Feng and other four generals to lead troops to conquer. The specific situation is unknown."
"etc."
Ma Su interrupted him and looked at Zhang Xiu.
The latter understood instantly, nodded, and went out.
Ma Di frowned: "If this matter is true, then Sun Quan is a bit shameless. He knows that these big families are our big customers, and he deliberately picked them to attack."
"Is he blatantly going against us? He didn't leave any room. Who gave him the courage to provoke Shu Han again and again?"
"Since he is so shameless, then don't blame me, Ma, for being ruthless."
Ma Su gritted his molar teeth and said in a low voice: "Li Sheng, Huang Xi, you two get ready and rush to Wudi immediately. Contact the leaders of the local Shanyue tribes to teach them how to fight and encourage them to resist Wu for freedom."
"As long as these Shanyue people are turned into invincible weaklings, it will be a blow to Sun Quan."
Having said this, Ma Di opened his mouth, revealing his neat white teeth, and his smile was particularly sinister.
"When the time comes, I will establish dozens of states within states in Soochow, run rampant in the hinterland of Sun Quan, do whatever I want, and watch Sun the Great go from despair to collapse to despair."
"I can't wait to see such a wonderful scene."
"There are two types of people I hate the most in my life. One is the person who stabs me in the back, and the other is the person who won't let me stab someone else in the back."
"Anyone who dares to stop me will face my unrelenting revenge..."
Huang Xi and Li Sheng looked at each other, knelt on the ground with a bang, and waved their hands repeatedly: "General, we can't do it. We will be beaten to death if we go to Soochow. Lu Xun is too terrible, we can't fight him..."
"Don't panic!" Ma Su glared at the two of them: "Lu Xun is guarding Jingzhou, how can he have time to deal with you little people?"
That's good.
The two breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.
"What you have to face are Ding Feng, Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang and others." Ma Su added: "These three people are as brave as tigers..."
Hearing this, Huang Xi and Li Sheng knelt down again: "General, spare your life, these three people are so good at fighting, we will die if we go."
"As a general, how can you be greedy for life and afraid of death?" Ma Di glared at the two of them again: "When you go, I will give you three tips, which are enough to ensure that you can turn danger into safety and survive."
No, general, can't you finish your sentence?
The second general breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.
"Is there any other news?" Ma Di asked again.
"Liu Yan, the cavalry general and supervisor of the army, angered the generals at Wuzhangyuan and acted lawlessly. Because of his style of work, he was severely reprimanded by Prime Minister Zhuge, deprived of his military power, and imprisoned."
"I heard that Liu Yan personally wrote to Prime Minister Zhuge to admit his mistake and beg him to spare his life."
"The Prime Minister finally sent him back to Chengdu, and he should have arrived in Chengdu by now."
"Liu Yan?" Ma Su pondered for a while: "Is this true?"
Li Sheng said seriously: "This matter should be true, otherwise it would be impossible for everyone in Sichuan to make trouble."
Huang Xi took over the conversation: "Yes, I also heard that Liu Yan not only taught his concubines and maids all kinds of heresy, but also asked a dozen virgins to warm his bed every night."
He's really good at playing.
Ma Su was inexplicably envious for a while.
It took me a long time to remember that there was indeed such a big shot in the court who had a sad ending.
Liu Yan was the third most powerful figure in the Shu Han Dynasty, ranking behind Zhuge Liang and Li Yan in terms of official qualifications.
In the original time and space, after Liu Yan was reprimanded by Zhuge Liang, he was in a daze all day long and wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang to review. In the letter, Liu Yan admitted his mistakes and should not have caused trouble by speaking out and hoped that Zhuge Liang would spare his life.
Zhuge Liang did not argue with Liu Yan, but sent someone to send him back to Chengdu, keeping his official title unchanged.
But Liu Yan felt frustrated because of this, his behavior was abnormal, and his expression was in a trance. Within a few years, Liu Chan was sentenced to abandon the market and died because he "suspected his wife's Zen practice."
The cause of this incident can be traced back to when Liu Bei entered Sichuan. At that time, Liu Bei married Wu Yi's sister Wu and was named queen.
Queen Wu became a widow not long after she married Liu Bei. In the first year of Jianxing (223), Liu Chan followed Queen Wu as the queen mother and lived in Changle Palace.
Empress Dowager Wu had no children, and her daily life was extremely cold. Liu Chan kindly ordered the wives and mothers of the ministers to go to the palace to accompany Empress Dowager Wu during festivals and festivals.
Unexpectedly, this kind intention caused a lot of trouble. Originally, after these officials and their families entered the palace, they would not wander around, but would only stay in Changle Palace to chat with Empress Dowager Wu and pass the time.
But things quickly changed.
In the first month of the twelfth year of Jianxing (234), Liu Yan's wife Hu entered the palace to congratulate the Empress Dowager Wu on the New Year. The Empress Dowager stayed with Hu for a month before sending her out of the palace.
Because of Hu's beauty, Liu Yan suspected that she was having an affair with his later master Liu Chan, so he asked the executioners to beat Hu, then abandoned Hu and drove her out of the house.
Unwilling to be wronged, Mrs. Hu was angry and sued Liu Yan.
When Liu Chan heard about this, he felt it was a great shame and humiliation, and immediately ordered Liu Yan to be sentenced to abandoning the city and his body to be exposed for three days.
And the custom of ministers and their families entering the palace to celebrate was cancelled.
It can be said that Liu Yan used his own life to interpret what it means to "do nothing or die".
Whether he was provoking Wei Yan, picking up Zhuge Liang's faults, or suspecting his wife of having an affair with his later master Liu Chan, he was all frantically testing on the edge of death.
In the end, Liu Yan got his wish.
As his thoughts turned around, Ma Su shook his head and laughed. He glanced at Zhang Xiu who hurried back with an abacus in hand, and concentrated on calculating the accounts.
After more than half a month of intensive preparations, the formation of 20,000 Qiang cavalry has been completed, and all the money that should be spent has been spent. As long as the equipment is in place and military discipline is implemented, a super elite cavalry will be formed.
Until then, Ma Su suddenly discovered that there was still a lot of money left in the Shaodang Qiang treasury, and most of it had not been consumed as expected.
This resulted in a serious deviation from the initial calculation.
Amidst the crackling sound, the math wizard moved the abacus and reviewed the accounts again.
"Two added to one make five, every two added to make ten..."
After a stick of incense.
"Ten, hundreds, millions...hundreds, six hundred million, hiss."
It’s actually 600 million, not 6 billion?!
No wonder General Zhao has been looking at me strangely recently. Ma Su took a breath and realized that he was not a logistics person.
Then take advantage of the fact that the equipment hasn’t arrived yet and attack Soochow and Shenlang Qiang first.
Ma Di looked at the three generals and said in a deep voice: "Now there are three things for you to do. The first thing is to immediately purchase another 10,000 sets of cavalry equipment. Zhang Xiu, you can handle this."
"The second thing is to go to the territory of Soochow to contact the leaders of the major Shanyue, and place them among them to instigate some cronies to rebel. It is best to select smart people among them, teach them how to fight, and then cause trouble to the various prefectures and counties in Soochow.
Take a shot and change places."
"The third thing is to closely monitor the movements of Wuwei County and wait for opportunities to incite some officials and soldiers to be used by me. Liangzhou Governor Xu Miao's military training methods are so brutal, there must be many dissatisfied officials and soldiers."
"Also, all the more than a thousand soldiers who defected from Liangzhou must be reviewed to confirm that they are not pretending to surrender before they can be entrusted with important tasks."
Zhang Xiu nodded: "General, I understand."
Ma Di walked into the room, scrawled three tips, came out and handed them to Huang and Li: "Go to the warehouse to get a box of funds, take fifty soldiers, and hit the road immediately."
The two generals stood still and hesitated for a while before Huang Xi whispered:
"General, I would like to...change jobs with Zhang Xiu?"
The smile on Ma Su's face disappeared, he squinted his eyes and looked at this subordinate.
"Tell me, why?"
"The last general, the last general is not capable enough and is afraid of missing the general's plan."
"anything else?"
Huang Xi plucked up the courage and said, "The general will not speak Vietnamese."
Li Sheng repeatedly echoed: "That's right, that's right, general, even the last general can't speak Vietnamese."
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu patted his chest: "General, if you don't dislike me for being stupid, why don't I go to Soochow?"
Ma Su shook his head, waved his hand for Zhang Xiu to do his work, and looked at the remaining two generals with a smile: "Li Sheng, how many people are there in your family?"
Li Sheng's heart trembled, a trace of fear appeared in his eyes, and he bowed his hands and said: "Return to the general, sixty-seven."
"What about you, how many people are there in your family?" Ma Di turned to Huang Xi.
"According to military law, what is the crime of disobeying military orders?" Ma Su turned his head and looked at the distant sky, his voice seemed to be coming from the horizon.
Huang Xi blurted out: "Death, capital crime, killing the whole family."
Li Sheng reacted quickly, clasped his fists seriously and said: "General, I suddenly feel that this task is not difficult. I will definitely rush to Soochow in the shortest possible time, disrupt their rear, and break up their formation, even if I do it in vain."
No matter what!"
Huang Xi was slightly startled and quickly followed up to express his position.
"Very good!" Ma Su nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead."
The two major groups will bow and retreat.
Ma Su put on a mask with the word "king" and let the eagle fly. He watched it disappear into the eastern sky. He opened the system facing the sun and poked his finger on the "Shenlang Qiang" sub-map under the "Dingyu Xiqiang" copy.
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Before the cavalry equipment is ready, it is wise to attack the Shenlangqiang first.
【Fantasy experience, simple.】
The scene changes quickly.
"General, Sanlangqiang is three hundred miles ahead. Do you want to rest for a while before leaving?"
Ma Su opened his eyes quietly and found himself in an empty plateau wilderness, holding a little red horse in his hand. Axiu An sat on it and looked over with concern.
what's the situation?
Why is it not me who is sitting on the horse? Ma Su was suddenly confused.
In the past, whether he was playing in a double queue with the Great Wizard, or in a double queue with Zhao Yun or Zhang Xiu, he would always sit on a horse.
After having the outer chamber, the general’s status as emperor may have been reduced too quickly...
There are still three hundred miles before the devil has to leave!
Ma Su didn't care, he turned over and sat behind A Xiu. The two rode together and headed west.
It is impossible to walk. It is impossible to walk to join Langqiang in this life.
