Zhuge Liang was not happy. Even though he had achieved his three-year goal, or even exceeded it, he still couldn't be happy. He was leaking out of Hebei. He tried his best to achieve his goal with the least loss.
His purpose was to expand beyond the Great Wall, but it was not to increase his own merits. He wanted to get rid of the old enemies outside the Great Wall for the Han Dynasty in this cold winter season, which was rare in a century.
Since the time of Zhu Xia, Zhu Xia has been fighting with the enemies outside the pass and outside the Great Wall, and it has never stopped. A few decades ago, General Duan Jue defeated the Xianbei people and won a huge victory. However, Zhuge Liang understood that again,
How many years will pass, new enemies will appear outside the Great Wall. Maybe they will no longer be called Xianbei by then, but their purpose will still be the same.
In Zhuge Liang's view, General Duan's defeat of Xianbei is no different from General Huo's defeat of the Xiongnu, or even Qin's defeat of the Zhurong. This is the case outside the Great Wall. A strong enemy will appear and start fighting with Zhuxia.
, sometimes the two sides are indistinguishable from each other, and sometimes one side has the upper hand, but Zhuxia has a different culture.
All the powerful enemies outside the Great Wall who were defeated by Zhu Xia also became part of Zhu Xia and brought many good things to Zhu Xia, such as the woolen coat, cotton, Hu bed, and of course many other things Zhuge Liang wore.
The food also brought a lot of bravery and bravery to Zhuxia, such as Lao Qin, who struggled in the northwest, absorbed countless Rong kingdoms, and grew stronger.
However, Zhuge Liang didn't like this cycle to continue. Zhuge Liang didn't know whether the Han Dynasty could repel every powerful enemy outside the Great Wall. Starting from the soldiers in the Destruction Week, the powerful enemies outside the Great Wall kept changing. Zhuge Liang was worried that there would be
Then one day, maybe in a hundred years, maybe in a thousand years, the Han Dynasty will lose once. The Han Dynasty cannot afford to lose. One failure may ruin this thousand-year civilization.
This is what Zhuge Liang is afraid of. He wants to break this cycle of reincarnation, but all this time, this cycle of reincarnation has never been able to be broken, because it is too big outside the Great Wall, and Zhu Xia is constantly expanding his territory.
The people also became Zhu Xia, but the area outside the Great Wall was always too big, with powerful enemies coming and going like the wind. They could be defeated, but they could not be completely destroyed.
The Han Dynasty has had powerful kings, and it has also had an equally abundant treasury, but at most it has only defeated the most powerful enemy outside the wall. This time, the situation is different. The Han Dynasty is very powerful. It has never been so powerful in history.
The Han Dynasty could commandeer millions of people without causing too much turmoil to the country. It could always maintain tens of thousands of elite soldiers and could defeat any enemy.
The Han Dynasty had a wise emperor, a group of capable ministers, and the most outstanding generals. Zhuge Liang felt that he should do something, especially in such a cold climate, which was rarely seen in thousands of years.
I have never heard of it becoming so cold outside the Great Wall. Even the barbarians who are most resistant to the cold can no longer bear it.
Their horses could no longer run and fell into the snowfield. This period was naturally the time for the Han Dynasty to make great achievements. So how to solve this reincarnation outside the Great Wall? Zhuge Liang felt that the only way to build these areas was to
The Han Dynasty sent officials to manage the cities, and immigrants continued to fill the vacancies, so that more and more land became the territory of the Xia. Only then would this cycle of reincarnation be broken.
Zhuge Liang did not want to destroy them, but wanted to make them Zhuxia.
He will not raise the butcher's knife for no reason. He will hold the Spring and Autumn Period in his hand and spread the principles of the sages of the Xia Dynasty to the entire world. This is what this era should really do. If you miss it, wait for a hundred years and you will be outside the Great Wall. A strong enemy will definitely appear again, Zhuge Liang has seen it clearly, so he made such a warning, intending to mobilize millions of people and develop the outside of the Great Wall to eliminate disasters for future generations.
However, he did not find anyone who could understand him. Even Xun Linggong, a person he always respected, did not seem to understand his thoughts. He still remembered the letter sent by Xun Linggong. Xun Yu asked him why he wanted to Mobilize troops and mobilize people to conquer that barren land??
A barren land? A bitter cold land?
Zhuge Liang slowly raised his head. Could it be that this cold winter will never pass? Could it be that this was not the case in Xizhou and Jiaozhou in the past?
What disappointed him the most was Sima Yi, who was his enemy and friend. Couldn't Sima Yi see through this? Or did it all not matter to him? Zhuge Liang would always accompany these farmers, busy outside the wall, and the prince I also came to see him. During these days, the prince also grew up and became quite military. However, what chilled Zhuge Liang the most were the slaves.
All he did was to open up a safe world for future generations. Why did he use so many slaves? Why did he do this? He could see the angry flames bursting out in the eyes of those slaves. They Very scared, but they were also very scared. This snowy field was covered with their blood. Zhuge Liang was almost certain that these people had settled here, and the big man had found another enemy for himself.
Perhaps the best way is to bury them all in this snowfield. However, Zhuge Liang looked at those poor people and their frozen tears. He really couldn't give this order. Every time he encouraged himself , even for the future descendants of the powerful men, he must make up his mind to eliminate the hidden dangers of these powerful men, but when he fell asleep at night, he could see the disappointed face of his master.
"Kong Ming? Did I teach you this?"
"Do you still remember the three thousand soldiers of the brave camp?"
"Do you still remember that big fish with dragon whiskers?"
Zhuge Liang woke up from his nightmare. The next day, he lost his determination to give orders. This was not a good thing for Zhuge Liang. The whole day of entanglement and wandering between his conscience and his country made him increasingly thin. He was getting more and more tired, but he was always on the front line and never fell down. The more uneasy he became, the more he wanted to do more. Perhaps doing more things for the big man would make him feel more at ease.
But for Sima Yi, who had caused all this, he hated him deeply. He no longer looked down on this villain, and he no longer deserved to be his friend.
"Father!" He was helping a farmer carry wood when he heard the call. Zhuge Liang hurriedly turned his head, but Zhuge Zhan arrived. Zhuge Liang looked at the child with some disappointment. I have high hopes, but Zhuge Zhan is really too lazy. No matter what he does, he always thinks about how to make it easier. If he acts like this, I'm afraid he won't achieve anything big, and it's just a little clever.
And Zhuge Zhan also thinks very highly of himself. Because he has been very smart since he was a child and has always been successful, he is full of confidence in himself. He looks down on everyone except Zhuge Liang. No, maybe he even looks down on Zhuge Liang. However, Zhuge Liang subconsciously thought,
In a few decades, the stupid Yuan Yao will definitely surpass Zhuge Zhan and achieve great achievements. At that time, Zhuge Zhan may only be able to help Yuan Yao.
"What happened? You actually gave up your tent?" Zhuge Liang asked. Zhuge Zhan looked solemn, bowed to his father, and then said: "A document came from the temple, Liu Sikong passed away, this world
, I’m afraid only my father is left, Sikong, and an old minister, who is said to have been in charge of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, also passed away this year..."
"Liu Sikong..." Zhuge Liang was stunned. He didn't have much contact with this person, but he also admired him very much. He was kind, righteous, and courageous. When he first entered the temple, he also said
I went to visit him and even helped him when formulating laws. Suddenly he heard that this man had passed away, and Zhuge Liang felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"Alas..." Zhuge Liang sighed.
"Father...the document also said that I hope His Highness the Crown Prince can go back..."
"What did you say?!?", Zhuge Liang's eyes widened and he suddenly asked. Zhuge Zhan was stunned. His father was so calm in the face of Sikong's death. How could he be so surprised by the act of recalling His Highness the Crown Prince!?
Zhuge Zhan thought carefully for a moment, but couldn't come up with a general idea. He could only say seriously: "It is said that the Queen misses His Highness so much that she issued an urgent order to let the Prince go back..."
"No...no...", Zhuge Liang shook his head in despair, looking a little frightened. Zhuge Zhan had never seen his father look like this before. Zhuge Liang then ordered: "Hurry up and send someone to call His Royal Highness.
Come here!" After hearing Zhuge Liang's order, Zhuge Zhan did not dare to delay and hurriedly sent people. Now, the Northern and Southern armies are still outside the fortress, and they are still chasing the bandits.
They had previously thought that Zhuge Liang would oppose their actions. To their surprise, Zhuge Liang actually supported them in conquering the thieves and gave them a lot of help. He even helped them cover up these things so that only the emperor would know about them. Therefore, Zhuge Liang and these generals
They also get along very harmoniously, and many generals respect this unusual and important minister very much.
After Zhuge Zhan sent people over, Zhuge Liang had been waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince. After waiting for two days, Hu'er rushed to the new city where Zhuge Liang was, which was called Han County. Hu'er walked into the camp.
, still with a smile on his face, he asked: "Zhuge Linggong, what is your order? Just send someone to tell me, why do you need to call me here?!"
Hu'er was obviously used to the cold here, so he walked into the battalion commander's room with a smile and sat in front of Zhuge Liang without restraint.
Zhuge Liang put on a straight face and said extremely seriously: "Your Highness, something big has happened."
"Huh??" Hu'er was also startled by him and asked quickly: "What happened?"
"I heard that His Highness's master Cui Gong is seriously ill. The Emperor wrote a letter in the hope that His Highness can return to Luoyang quickly."
"Ah? Master!!" Hu'er was now growing up and finally understood the meaning of death. He was so frightened that he jumped up and rushed out of the camp without asking any questions. Seeing the prince leave, Zhuge Liang shook his head.
I shook my head, Mr. Cui, I'm sorry. When I return to Luo County, I will apologize to you in person.