At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 825 The King of Four Mouth Cannons

Liu Zhang really felt that it was difficult for him.

The two armies of the Wei army pressed the border, and they performed martial arts in Wuxian and Hanzhong respectively, with full momentum.

This caused Liu Zhang to be startled three times at night, feeling that he couldn't sleep well at all, and often woke up in the middle of the night with frightening dark circles under his eyes. I didn't know that I thought Liu Zhang belonged to a panda.

But there is no way, he just can't feel at ease, Wei Jun's powerful [-] army is ready to go, eyeing it like a tiger, sharpening its sword and rushing towards Yizhou.

And the troops in his hands were stretched. After sending three armies to the three defensive points, only 5000 people stayed in Chengdu.

This made him even more worried.

After more than two months of urgent military expansion, it was actually a matter of arresting strong men. At any rate, more than 3000 people were captured from around Chengdu to fill the army.

But this is far from enough for what he needs, so several other counties are also required to expand their army urgently.

Because he was worried about being hindered by the people of the main surrender faction, Liu Zhang had replaced all the prefects of the main surrender faction with those of the main combat faction, so that these prefects of the main combat faction could expand their army and increase their strength to fight.

Even so, the main local officials were still Yizhou natives.

Although the chief administrator was replaced by the main combat faction, there are still a large number of local officials who are difficult to replace. Therefore, when handling affairs, there are many officials who procrastinate, are unwilling to do things, and deliberately delay government orders.

In order to curb this situation, the county guards of the main combat faction also resorted to clever tactics, fined, demoted, imprisoned, and even executed, in an attempt to deter the main descendant faction and make them take action.

This indeed suppressed the phenomenon that some of the main surrendering factions did not work hard, but the contradiction between the main combat faction and the main surrendering faction became more acute, and the conflicts became more intense. Violent resistance to conscription.

Liu Zhang was at a loss as to what to do about it. He could only suppress it, but suppression alone was not enough. What he needed were soldiers, food and fodder, and armaments, but suppression was meaningless.

So at the suggestion of Zhang Su, who was urgently transferred to the prefect of Shu County, Liu Zhang decided to open his internal treasury and use his private money to bribe foreign leaders in the counties and countries in exchange for their military assistance.

Generally speaking, these foreign tribes belonging to the country are very fierce and good at fighting, especially the people in Sanba, who are Liu Zhang's key bribery targets.

Back then, when Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, he once lobbied to buy the leaders of the Jin people, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and others to work for him.

Liu Zhang, in order to fight against these fierce and skilled Congren, also bought another tribe of Congren to fight against them.

The Zong people have a long history. Legend has it that when King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, the Zong people fought as his tiger and cardinal army, so that the relatively weak King Wu of Zhou defeated King Zhou and established the Zhou Dynasty.

Later, Liu Bang was named the King of Han. In order to attack Guanzhong, he also recruited and sent troops.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the leader of the Jin people was still granted the title of marquis. In order to reward the achievements of the Jin people, Liu Bang even issued an edict to exempt the rent tax of the seven surnames of the Jin people. The average person pays one-third less.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the reputation of being brave and good at fighting, the people were often recruited to fight.

During the Qiang Rebellion period in Liangzhou, there are also records of conscripts being recruited to fight. However, because of too frequent conscripts, the Cong people also carried out armed resistance.

Today, the Jin people have become an important force that Liu Zhang must win.

So Liu Zhang sent Zhang Su's younger brother Zhang Song to bring a large number of gifts to lobby Pu Hu, Yuan Yue and others who had been hostile.

Although Zhang Song is short in stature and unattractive in appearance, Zhang Song is talented and has a good tongue.

He spoke with a fragrant tongue and a lotus flower, and he couldn't say a single word repeatedly for half an hour. He was so good at debating and sophistry that when the main combat faction and the main surrender faction debated, Zhang Song was the main combat faction. The main combat power that is lacking, the important output of mouth guns.

Without Zhang Song, Liu Zhang would hardly have dared to imagine being surrounded by a group of descendant scholars all day long to engage in mental pollution.

Perhaps he has lost confidence and surrendered by now.

Thanks Zhang Song.

His output was as fierce as a tiger, and he turned his mouth into a cannon by citing scriptures, and staggered the local officials and Dongzhou officials of the descendant faction to cover their faces and walk away, almost insane with their mouths and eyes crooked.

Then the most exciting scene came, Zhang Song knocked down many officials from the Descending Faction, and then fought against Xu Jing, a guru-level cannon, at the top of the Forbidden City.

They turned what they had learned all their lives into ammunition, and turned a sharp mouth into Maxim, and they started fighting with each other.

Sometimes, the debate battle between the generals is comparable to the immediate fight between generals, even more intense than that, but the generals are a physical duel of life and death, while the generals are spiritual. Duel of life and death.

If anyone loses, he will not be able to hold his head up in front of people in the future. For the talkers, that is death in the social sense.

Because this battle was too fierce and legendary, the battle between the two is still widely circulated in Chengdu, and it is cited as a strange talk.

Of course Zhang Song won, Xu Jing lost all of his old face.

Because of the superior performance before, this time, Zhang Song still took on the important responsibility and went to persuade the people to work for Liu Zhang.

In order to surely win the support of the Jin people, Liu Zhang endured the pain in his heart and offered the amount of money that the leader of the Jin people could hardly refuse.

In Zhang Song's view, such a quantity should be something that the greedy and poor chiefs of the people would not be able to refuse no matter what. He was very confident.

After arriving at the settlement of the Zong people, Zhang Song was indeed warmly received by the leader of the Zong people.

When he said what he wanted and gave Liu Zhang the amount of reward promised, all the leaders of the renegades showed their eyes, and the corners of their mouths almost blew out.

The lives of most of the Jin people are still relatively primitive, and their living standards are not as high as those of the Han people in all aspects. Therefore, their behavior is not so much fighting for ideals, but more in the nature of mercenaries.

Whoever pays more money will fight for him, and he also follows the rules and reason, so he has a good reputation, so there are always people who are willing to hire people to fight.

This time, in the eyes of the concubine, it was no different from usual, they were all taking money to fight the war.

Therefore, many leaders of the Jin people agreed to Zhang Song, willing to send troops to help Liu Zhang fight, to prevent the Wei army from Hanzhong from attacking, and promised to mobilize the tribe, from 16 to 60 years old.

However, just when Zhang Song felt that he was about to finish the job, some minor changes appeared.

There is a small bodyguard by Pu Hu's side, named Wang Ping.

He is very young, only 15 years old, but because of his bravery, he can fight, and he can speak Chinese, so Pu Hu took a fancy to him, so he took him by his side to be a little soldier, and he usually loves him very much.

When he was young, he grew up in his grandfather's family, which was a Han farmer's family. Wang Ping learned to speak Chinese in his grandfather's home. He didn't know any characters, but he could only speak Chinese, no different from ordinary Han people.

However, in the group of people, Wang Ping can be regarded as an intellectual, so he was able to follow Pu Hu.

When Zhang Song was attacking Pu Hu, Wang Ping stood aside. Hearing what Zhang Song said, he felt unreliable in his heart, so after Pu Hu accepted Zhang Song's gift, he spoke to Park Hu in private. , Admonish Park Hu.

"Boss, I don't think we can believe what Zhang Song said."

Pu Hu Sulai took a look at Wang Pinggao, and was a little strange when he heard Wang Ping say that.

"What makes you say that?"

"His words are too sweet, and the etiquette is too heavy."

Wang Ping frowned: "In the past, when the Han court asked us to go to war, they only gave us some rent reduction and tax relief, and then rewarded them among the spoils of war. Even Zhang Lu gave us a small amount of money. But this time, Emperor Liu gave too much."

Chapter 826 .830 Five Wang Ping's suggestion

"Isn't it good to give more?"

Pu Hu looked at Wang Ping.

"It is sometimes a good thing to give more, which means that Emperor Liu recognizes us."

Wang Ping said: "But sometimes it is not a good thing. I heard that Emperor Wei Guo in the north is powerful. He has unified the entire northern part of the Han Kingdom and established a new country. There are many soldiers and horses in Hanzhong. Emperor Liu only has Can the state of Yizhou fight against Emperor Guo who has occupied the entire north?"

"This……"

Pu Hu became confused: "Emperor Liu will lose? But Emperor Liu is the emperor of Han."

"The Kingdom of Han is gone. Didn't the merchants say that before? The Kingdom of Han is gone, and now it is the Kingdom of Wei that rules the Central Plains."

Wang Ping shook his head: "Now the emperor of Wei is powerful and the emperor of Han is weak. We don't follow the strong, but help the weak. Once the emperor of Han is defeated by the emperor of Wei and the emperor of Wei pursues him, we will not Do you suffer?"

The more Pu Hu thought about it, the more he felt that the problem was not small.

"When you say this, I also think it's a bit inappropriate. The people sent by Emperor Liu may have spoken too nicely, and the things they gave were a little too much. According to our place, these Han people have never given Having such a good face... is there really a problem?"

"There is a real problem, leader. I suggest that we return the presents instead of sending troops. It is better to wait and see the situation first."

Wang Ping gave advice.

"This... this... go back?"

Pu Hu seemed a little reluctant.

"Leader, if we don't return it, we will have our lives to take it, but we will not spend it."

Wang Ping's words instantly hit Pu Hu's psychological weakness, and after much deliberation, Pu Hu felt that what Wang Ping said was very reasonable.

"That's right. If Emperor Guo Guo of Wei really defeats Emperor Liu, we might be held accountable, and we won't know how to die when the time comes. These gifts are a bit hot."

Pu Hu looked very ugly, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to return the gift.

At the same time, Pu Hu also found a few tribal leaders he had made friends with, and explained his interests to them, hoping that they would also return the gifts, so as not to get angry.

Some people felt that the problem was serious, and promised to return the gift, not participating in this war, while others were blinded by the huge amount of gifts, thinking that if you have money, don’t take it as a bastard, and you can’t let go of the money anyway, you must take it.

There was a split and confrontation among the Jin people. Some returned the gifts Zhang Song gave them, while others did not. They were willing to fight for the Shu Han with Zhang Song.

Zhang Song felt a little upset, because his three-inch tongue was only half successful, and half of the people were not fooled by him to work for Liu Zhang.

However, being able to bring half of the people, about 3000 troops, is considered a fulfilling mission.

Liu Zhang rewarded Zhang Song heavily, and then mobilized these Jin troops to advance to three key defensive areas, among which the most went to Badong County.

Many civil servants and military generals in Sichuan agreed that the Wei army in the direction of Badong County was the greatest threat to them, and it was also the most likely to break through the defense line, so we must do our best to strengthen the defense line of Badong County.

Some people even suggested that some of the troops defending Jiange and Micangshan could be transferred to reinforce the defense line of Padong County and try their best to defend Padong County.

However, this statement is opposed by most people. They think that there are Wei Guoxiong soldiers in the direction of Hanzhong. Once they break through from Jiange or Micang Mountain, isn't it a big threat to Shuzhong?

Not only Badong County is dangerous, but Stone Niu Road is also dangerous. This is the road that the Qin army used to destroy Shu and Ba, and it can reach Chengdu directly.

However, with such a guiding ideology, the defense in the direction of Padang County has indeed received the greatest attention.

The ordnance and equipment of Yan Yan's army has been fully strengthened, especially the navy, which has been greatly strengthened. He also tried his best to block and block the waterways, trying to prevent the advance of the Wei army.

By the sixth day of the first month of the second year of Yande, when the official holiday of the State of Wei came to an end, and everyone began to calm down and once again devoted themselves to the war of destroying Shu with full energy, Liu Zhang had already put the troops of the Badong County Front Army It has been raised to the level of [-].

This number is equivalent to the number of Wei troops preparing to attack Badong County. In this area, [-] troops are gathered, ready to launch a big battle at any time.

The three-month truce period was used by the Shu Han officials with all their might.

They mobilized almost all the forces that could be mobilized. Except for the [-] troops in Chengdu and the [-] troops guarding Nanzhong, the Shu Han side had done their best.

Even at the expense of causing chaos and sharp conflicts in the local area, it is necessary to squeeze out the last mobilization force in Yizhou.

After persisting to this level, the combat army of the Shu Han has truly reached the level of [-], and the number of troops placed on the front line is barely equal to the number of soldiers of the Wei army.

In order to ensure the logistical supply of the [-]-level combat army, the Shu Han officials also mobilized the same number of more than [-] civilians and auxiliary soldiers to deliver supplies to the combat army, and the grain, money, cloth, ordnance and other materials accumulated in the middle of Shu over the years Mass transshipment.

Using mules, horses and camels, carts to push, boats to carry, and even manpower to carry, the forcibly mobilized peasants and auxiliary soldiers sweated and sweated to deliver supplies to the frontline soldiers, which was miserable.

Unlike the official mobilization system of the State of Wei, which has formed a fixed model and has operated many times with sufficient experience, the official mobilization system of the State of Wei can even take care of the civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers who deliver food, but the Shu Han does not.

Their mobilization ability is very limited, and they have little experience, and they are very unfamiliar. It is the first time to mobilize such a large-scale manpower and material resources, and many problems inevitably occur.

There was a lot of conflict between the supply team and the local government and local residents.

The logistics personnel had no place to live, no place to rest, did not eat in time, died of exhaustion, fell to death, drowned, starved to death, escaped on a large scale, etc., which caused Chengdu to be overwhelmed and Liu Zhang worried.

Even during the Battle of Hanzhong, Shuzhong was not mobilized to this extent.

When they attacked Liangzhou, they forcibly recruited the followers of Wudoumi Cult in Hanzhong, and carried out large-scale persecution, but they did not mobilize much in Shuzhong.

Now it is necessary to attack Shuzhong, and many people are blind and don't know how to do it.

The most serious thing is that such a situation caused Yan Yan's front army's garrison in Yufu County to have only five days of food storage.

So Yan Yan sent out wave after wave of people to urge food, and even those who went and returned could meet each other on the way.

On the one hand, the weak control of the central government of the Shu Han Dynasty on the local area is on the one hand, on the other hand, the officials of the capitulation faction in various places secretly make troubles, and on the other hand, the overly rough administrative methods of the officials of the main combat faction are also on the other hand.

Although the first-line army of the Shu Han has reached the level of the Wei army, there is a world of difference between the two sides in terms of combat readiness and logistical supply.

When the entire Shu region was in constant panic because of this war, the Wei army in Hanzhong and Nanjun had just had a pretty good New Year holiday and had enough energy.

Chapter 827 The Six Swords Pavilion is towering and Cui Wei

Before the New Year's holiday, at the end of November and the beginning of December, the Wei army had completed its assembly in Hanzhong and Nanjun.

Before the New Year's holiday, a large amount of beef, mutton, fish, chicken, and duck rewarded by Guo Peng to the frontline soldiers arrived at the frontline.

A large number of excellent military cooks tried their best to cook meat after meal for the soldiers during the New Year holidays. The soldiers were full of oil while they were grateful for the kindness of the emperor.