Soon, Liu Chan's reputation for being good at Confucianism spread all over the world, and many educated people in the Central Plains were a little relieved to hear that Liu Chan often invited people to lecture on Confucianism.

The big men who are in full prosperity are much better than Cao Wei who is rampant in Xianbei

Chapter 520

When Liu Chan was busy farming and restoring development in Guanzhong, Liu Bei in Jingzhou also encountered similar problems.

Although Liu Bei regained Nanyang, which had been occupied by Cao Wei for many years, they were unlucky enough to encounter serious floods. After finally getting rid of the troubles of floods, they were attacked by a strange plague again.

This plague came in a strange way,

At that time, Liu Bei's army had just experienced a flood and was preparing to attack northward, but many soldiers developed severe fever symptoms one after another, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Han army.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang personally went to the front to investigate and found that most of the sick soldiers had participated in moving the corpses.

Rotten corpses will cause disease and epidemics. This simple common sense has now been popularized among the Han army.

Therefore, after each battle, after ensuring that the enemy was repelled, the Han army would use special personnel to dig earth pits and bury the comrades and enemies who died in battle, so as to reduce the spread of diseases as much as possible.

But now people are still infected with the disease...

"Maybe it's the epidemic, it's unavoidable."

Even if it is not winter, there will be epidemics from time to time. People in this era are used to it. Liu Bei can only ask the military doctors to prepare more herbs, and at the same time order the army to search for infected people. Once symptoms appear, report them as soon as possible to reduce the harm of the disease.

"Something's wrong." The strange symptoms made Zhuge Liang smell the conspiracy.

After reading the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook", he knew how the disease spread, so he naturally thought that someone deliberately sent seriously ill corpses to the front line, or even sent sick soldiers directly to the front line to fight against Liu Beijun on purpose.

People who can think of this method are really vicious in their intentions.

This virus is not only infecting my sergeants, won't your own people be affected?

Not only Liu Beijun, but Ding Fengjun who attacked Wuguan also encountered the same problem.

Ding Feng was full of confidence at first, and wanted to break into Guanzhong to make peace with Liu Chan, and open up the connection with Guanzhong by the way.

Unexpectedly, the plague also broke out in their army, and a large number of soldiers fell. Ding Feng's several attacks on Wuguan also failed.

Fortunately, the plague came and went quickly. After taking in some soldiers, there was no subsequent case of soldiers being infected by the disease.

There is no invisible enemy, but Liu Bei dare not relax for a moment,

He received news from Cao Wei's insider that Cao Wei was using his recruits to protect the Xianbei captain, supervising the main force of the [-] Wei Army's Northern Army and [-] Dugen Xianbei soldiers heading south, heading towards Wancheng.

The insider also said that this time Cao Wei's main force is very strong. If the offensive does not go well, they will join the Luoyang Central Army in the future.

The purpose of this battle is to drive Liu Bei and Sun Quan back to the south of the Yangtze River, and then wait for an opportunity to recover Guanzhong and become a tripartite force again.

The insiders persuaded Liu Bei that Cao Rui's determination was very strong this time, and Liu Bei had better not make unnecessary resistance, and it would not be shameful to retreat and defend for a while.

This gesture of concern came to life on the paper, making Liu Bei dumbfounded.

It seems that General Xiahou is quite concerned about us, and he is worthy of his destiny as a pure minister of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei had secretly ordered that one should be extra careful when meeting Xia Houba during the battle, and not to hurt this person's life. There are not many pure ministers like this.

"Your Majesty, do we really want to retreat?"

Cao Wei's army assembled in the direction of Jingzhou this time exceeded 3. Liu Bei's army was not counted as Ding Feng, and there were only more than [-] soldiers. The fight was indeed very dangerous.

The Xianbei army was armed with the iron weapons of the Wei army, and it was really like a tiger with wings added. The last time they confronted the Wei army in this flat area was still fresh in everyone's memory. Now many people have begun to think of retreating.

62-year-old Liu Bei is gray-haired,

The cold wind blew on his pale face, carving a few deep wrinkles like a knife, making him even more vicissitudes.

But under the watchful eyes of all the sergeants, Liu Bei still insisted on using his body to support the black armor, stubbornly maintaining a standing posture, and his pair of rather cloudy tiger eyes were still full of determination.

"No withdrawal." Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said:

"This Northern Expedition, everyone in Jingzhou gathered to respond, and there was an endless stream of people from all over the world to welcome Master Wang. If they retreat now, how should these people be dealt with?"

"Adou sits in Guanzhong, waiting for prosperity,

If I wait to withdraw to Jiangbei, the puppet dynasty will be able to mobilize heavy troops to besiege the pass, then how will Adou deal with it? "

"This battle will affect the whole body. Before sending out troops, I have planned carefully. How can I be shocked by a little change at this moment? Wouldn't it make the thieves laugh at me?"

The weary Zhuge Liang, the white-haired Guan Yu, and the half-gray Zhang Fei were not at all surprised by Liu Bei's return.

The year of knowing the destiny has passed, and Liu Bei doesn't know when he will fall, completely losing the ability to fight with a sword.

This time is the best chance for him to restore the Central Plains and realize his ideals, and he is unwilling to let it go.

Zhuge Liang smiled gently and said:

"Your Majesty is right,

Although Cao Wei has a large number of people, there are many Xianbei soldiers in the army,

As long as I wait for a while, how can those Xianbei soldiers obey their orders in peace, I'm afraid there will be trouble again, and then it will be my chance to fight back. "

"Although Wancheng has no danger to defend, our army's morale is high and our armor is strong.

If the bandits attack the city, we will use the artillery to camp first, which will surely destroy their vigor.

Xianbei people have never seen this thing before, so they must be terrified, and then we will have a chance to fight back. "

The miraculous effect of the artillery in the battle of Xingshi made Zhuge Liang very happy.

He transferred five more cannons from Yizhou, which were already installed on the city, and he also mobilized a thousand catties of gunpowder for backup.

The Xianbei people have never seen this thing before, and they must be terrified like Cao Zhen for a moment, and they will collapse in an instant, and they will fight calmly, and it will not be difficult to win.

Liu Bei nodded slowly and said solemnly:

"According to the Prime Minister's words."

Fazheng had been studying the military information sent by the insider just now, now he came back to his senses, and said with a sinister smile:

"The prime minister's method of directing soldiers is really brilliant, and the lower officials still have some plots and schemes that are not on the table.

If it makes... I might as well give it a try? "

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said:

"Xiaozhi's method is naturally extremely powerful, Liang Yuan listens to Xiaozhi's orders."

"Don't dare, Fazheng is making a fool of himself." The big man's minister lowered his voice and said inexplicably excitedly, "I heard that the thieves want to send people to sneak into our army to cause chaos, why not..."

·

Ye County,

The plague this autumn infected many people in the Wei army.

Fortunately, Wei Jun's preparations were sufficient, and the plague did not spread widely.

Xia Houshang didn't notice anything unusual, and was still confronting Liu Bei very seriously, looking for a chance to defeat Liu Bei.

After hearing that reinforcements from his side were about to arrive, Xia Houshang breathed a sigh of relief.

If it is possible to gather an army of [-], the Shu army will definitely not be my opponent.

It's just that these Xianbei people are not easy to deal with, and they have to be careful in the future.

When he was thinking about how to use the Xianbei soldiers rationally and turn his strength advantage into victory in a short period of time, his younger brother Xia Houru said with some concern:

"Brother, I'm not talking too much, I think there is something wrong with the emperor's dispatch this time."

Xia Houshang said with a sad face:

"If possible, it is true that the Xianbei soldiers should not be mobilized. It's just that there are wars everywhere now. The Luoyang Central Army wants to defend one side. Qingzhou and Xuzhou have many troops who refuse to obey the command. If they don't make good friends with Xianbei, the Northern Army will be transferred. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."

"I'm not talking about Xianbei." Xia Houru said in a low voice, "I heard that Qianzhao and Liu Bei were close friends.

Now our army is in an unfavorable situation, leading the army to come south...

If this person turns against him, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to resist. "

Xia Houshang had also heard about the friendship between Qianzhao and Liu Bei before,

He himself is a victim of rumors, and he really doesn't want to listen to other people's nonsense and suspect others.

But now that the world is in chaos, everyone is thinking about themselves. Qianzhao had a good relationship with Liu Bei when he was young, and later spent a while under Yuan Shao's subordinates together. If he voted directly, it would be a big deal.

Well, the relationship between Tian Yu and Liu Bei, who led Xianbei to the south on the other way, is also pretty good.

How could it be such a coincidence that someone would not really be pushing in the court, and something would happen secretly, would it?

When Xia Houshang was hesitating, Chen Tai broke into the military tent excitedly, suppressed the excitement in his chest, bowed his head and saluted:

"General, great news."

"Oh? Uncle Xuan, tell me quickly!"

Xia Houshang hadn't heard of any happy event for a long time, he subconsciously clenched his fists when he heard the words, and looked at Chen Tai eagerly with anticipation on his face.

Chen Tai lowered his voice and said:

"General, do you still remember the arrangement I made before?"

"Of course I remember, is it starting to take effect now?"

"Naturally!" Chen Tai excitedly said,

"I sent people to pretend to be bandits, and I sent three hundred soldiers to join Guan Yu, claiming that Guan Yu's supernatural power is unrivaled in the world. Guan Yu's old thief is very happy, but he didn't notice it. He also took over as a rear team to transport food, grass and luggage. Isn't it God's will?"

"Besides, there are some people in our army who pretend to take refuge in Meng Da and tell about the future.

Meng Da was worried that Liu Feng would surely murder him if the Kingdom of Shu became big in the future, and he already had a bit of resentment. In the past few days, he and Liu Feng were at war with each other because of trivial matters, and they seemed to be at odds. "

"The most wonderful thing is that Xu Sheng.

After Xu Sheng defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei gave him a 2000-man surrendered army.

Among them, many officers and sergeants are my subordinates.

In the previous few battles, Xu Sheng had been exhausted and in vain, and he already had some fear in his heart.

In the past few days, Liu Bei used Xu Sheng as a forward to station outside the city to defend against Xianbei, so Xu Sheng was even more frightened, for fear that Xianbei would attack.

Liu Bei let him die behind closed doors. He has been in a state of panic for the past few days, and has already thought of defecting to the Great Wei. "

"When the Xianbei soldiers arrived and the general stormed Wancheng, I waited for the opportunity to summon Meng Da and Xu Sheng to rebel, and then burned Guan Yu's belongings.

The thief army's morale is not stable, and they will definitely disperse in a hurry. Then it will be the time for our army to make contributions. "

It is indeed the top rich family in Yingchuan.

The Chen family is full of old servants and domestic servants in the Yingchuan and Nanyang areas, and their ability to infiltrate is too strong. Many of the new troops recruited by Liu Bei are already sent out by the Chen family to surrender deliberately.

Usually they are respectful to Liu Bei and dare not resist in the slightest.

But wait for the Wei army's [-] troops to gather, and these people will mobilize behind the scenes, and Liu Bei's army will definitely suffer a lot.

Even if Liu Bei could not be wiped out, he would never be able to defend Wancheng again.

As long as he is driven back to the south of the Yangtze River, Da Wei still has a chance...

"Hey, okay, let's do it.

As long as these three groups succeed in one route, our army will be able to take back Wancheng. If the three groups succeed together, we will be able to kill Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang! "Xiahou Shang said loudly.

Chen Tai hurriedly made a silent movement, and said in panic:

"General, be careful that walls have ears."

Xia Houshang frowned:

"Uncle Xuan wants to be like this, Junlin is not an outsider..."

"I... I didn't say Junlin was an outsider."

"That's good, let's go, this time, we must defeat the Shu army!"

Chapter 521 Ke Bineng's Ambition

颍川陈家在颍川和南阳一带都有巨大的影响力,刘备只要在南阳恢复民生、任用官吏、招募新军,陈家的故旧、仆役想要混进去简直是再容易不过。之前陈群亲自坐镇指挥将大量的密探送进了刘备军中而且告诉他们一定要小心警惕,不到关键时刻决不能暴露身份,就当自己是一个真·大汉纯臣,在那边好好待下去等待时机就行。而现在,时机终于到了。鲜卑兵穿上魏军的衣甲,拿起锋利的钢刀,战斗力立刻呈现出飞跃。狡猾的轲比能在出兵之前还专门跟与自己有生死大仇的步度根坐下一起开了个小会。他告诉步度根,虽然他们双方都巴不得对方早点死,可他们现在应该把所有的精力放在消灭大汉上。不然等刘备父子消灭魏吴两国,建立起一个统一而强大的大汉,他们鲜卑只能缩在草原上被动挨打。用曹魏的兵马、土地、装备和大汉作战,如果能胜,他们以后就有入主中原的机会。步度根一直不是很灵光,但他还是能看清眼前的利益。在轲比能答应将曹叡给的赏钱、战马、铁甲分给自己大半之后,步度根答应跟轲比能结盟讲和,双方合力共同讨伐大汉。这一点,轲比能的不少手下也表示不满,认为轲比能的势力远远强过步度根,这次南下步度根全民皆兵也最多点出三4万人,而轲比能部能爆出七万大军,如果再联络一些部落,甚至能凑出10万人。凭啥把赏钱分给步度根大半?留着赏给手下能征善战的勇士岂不美哉?轲比能对这种论调都是一笑处置,让手下人稍安勿躁。步度根这货最大的野心不过是当个鲜卑大汗,恢复檀石槐时候的荣光。而轲比能不一样。这次来到洛阳,一路上不管走到哪里都是物华天宝,河北和中原的繁盛远远超过了轲比能的认知,让他更加迫不及待进驻这片美丽的土地。大魏从建立之初就根基不稳,不得人心,汉地作战多年,已经十分虚弱。若是我等有了汉地的工匠、文化,便能入主中原,在大魏和大汉拼的你死我活的时候,就是鲜卑大军最好的进攻机会。豪爽的轲比能在洛阳以钱开道,谦恭地拜访各路名士,给愿意见自己的学者谦恭地奉上美酒,将那些愿意投奔自己的寒门儒者奉为上宾,听他们讲学,还拜他们为老师。他手上强大的兵力和谦和的姿态已经得到了不少低等世族和寒门的好感,他们劝说轲比能尊奉儒道,并且曲解“诸侯用夷礼则夷之,进于中国则中国之”,轲比能大喜,立刻将此言奉为圭臬。他一边宣称自己早有学儒之心,一边又宣称自己是草原上昊天上帝唯一的信徒,开始在河北和洛阳周边制造声势。被强行派来监督轲比能的田豫明显感觉到了轲比能不断膨胀的强大野心,却对此束手无策。见轲比能以学习儒道为名义广招工匠,学习更先进的冶炼和锻造之法,暂时在阴安屯兵的田豫偷偷向洛阳的大魏天子上书,表示“戎狄豺狼,不可厌也”。轲比能之前最大的弱点就是缺少铁器尤其是铁甲的制造技术,若是这些技术让他掌握,将造成比汉军北上更惨重的后果。不过……以后?曹魏现在哪里还顾得上以后?曹叡只知道现在步度根的先部两万大军已经跟随牵招手下的三万魏军主力抵达,会和叶县夏侯尚、夏侯楙的守军,兵力将迅速攀升到十万,轲比能的先头部队也已经出动,一边防备孙权的攻势一边准备支援荆州。他们现在做的不错,不管是招募工匠还是学儒这种小事曹叡肯定也找不到理由阻止。他只能安慰田豫,说只要用兵得当扫平蜀国,以后腾出手来,能像对付匈奴一样慢慢将鲜卑分化,他们终究是草原的蛮夷,是绝对不可能占据中原的。田豫万般无奈,也只能哀叹一声。若是真让鲜卑肆虐中原,就是我田豫的大罪,这种罪过,万死难赎一二啊。也只能盼望……玄德公,天下万民都要看你的了。田豫怔怔的出神,仆役突然来报说外面有客拜访。田豫心情非常不好,自然不想接见,可听说来人居然是之前的徐州刺史颜盛,他也只好勉强打起精神:“颜使君乃当世君子,我亲自出去迎他。”仆役稍稍犹豫,道:“颜使君身边还有一人,奴婢看他……似乎,似乎像一个人啊。”田豫苦笑道:“不像人,难道还能像鬼?”颜盛一直跟随在大将军曹宇身后,曹宇因为这次召回常雕事件屡屡暴怒,屡屡上书洛阳要求制裁刘晔,如果不处置刘晔,他曹宇就不回去了。要是前几年有人这么跳,早就被洛阳派人收拾,可现在大魏要团结一切可以团结的力量,曹叡也只能好言安抚这个跟他自好的小叔。大概颜盛身边之人就是此人。田豫整理好衣冠,缓缓出门,果然见白发苍髯的颜盛在门边垂手而立,而他身边,还有一个白袍男子。那男子负手而立背对田豫,头发已经白了大半,身形也有些佝偻,一看就知道并不是年轻的曹宇。田豫心中惴惴,沉吟道:“不只是哪位驾到,恕田豫有失远迎。”那人缓缓转过身来,一张清秀的脸上儒雅不凡,颇有风姿,只是他一脸愁容,眼眶微微凹陷,眼角爬满了细纹,两鬓也是一片苍苍,还不说话就让人感觉一阵凄凉,竟让田豫情不自禁叹了一声。“大王,你为何在此?”那人盯着田豫,一脸迷茫,许久才缓缓地道:“田将军,久违了。”·牵招和鲜卑援军抵达,魏军上下士气大振,下定决心这次一定要把汉军杀的落花流水。而埋伏在汉军阵中的魏军奸细也得到动手的信号,现在,他们慢慢亮出獠牙开始活动,即将对汉军发动沉重的一击。大汉大司马关羽的伤势已经好的七七八八,虽然很难恢复到巅峰状态,但现在骑马作战都没有问题。关羽好面子,又同情老弱,这是世人皆知的事情。陈泰派了不少南阳出身的青壮好手冒充南阳的山贼,口称自己做贼是因为被曹魏逼的无可奈何,现在战无不胜的关将军到来,他们肯定要投奔关将军,追随大汉一起杀贼。只是他万万没想到,在老迈的关羽身边设下的埋伏居然出了一点……偏差。有小弟来投,关羽肯定非常开心,听说这些人在曹魏治下备受压迫,关羽还亲自接见这些山贼,跟他们嘘寒问暖,亲自给他们送去武器、粮食还有一点肉食,并授给他们武艺,鼓励他们奋力作战。“都是好男儿,都有一身力气,现在加入我军,都要尽力厮杀。就算你们运送辎重,也要练好武艺,他日天下平定,也好保卫一方,终不能庸碌度日。”“鲜卑人的骑兵来去如风,专门抄截粮道辎重,汝等要练好本事,跟他们好生斗上一斗。”“吾少年时,也曾与鲜卑人厮杀,那些贼人武艺低微,只是凭着马快马多,所过之处到处烧杀抢掠。关某老了,他日大汉光复也使不动刀,骑不得马,来日战阵厮杀,还要汝等好儿郎尽力。”关羽指点武艺,那真是所有武人的荣幸,这个满头银发的大司马极其严格,但对手下的兵将却是极好。他每日巡点军营,布置军务结束之后都会与士卒一起饮食,还将刘禅送的巧克力掰开分给最能辛苦习武的军士,让众人心中都是暖洋洋的。听他说自己老了,几个士兵赶紧道:“大司马哪里的话,黄汉升七十高龄尚能纵马开弓,阵斩夏侯渊,大司马今年六十有二,正直壮年,怎能说这般丧气话。”关羽哈哈大笑,轻拈自己的长髯,又颇有些惆怅地道:“不中用了,我少年时与鲜卑大战,纵马追杀胡虏三日不曾离鞍,如今别说三日,就算三个时辰都撑不住了。”一个奉命潜伏在关羽军中的士兵好奇地道:“大司马壮年时,鲜卑有如此厉害?”关羽嘿了一声,悠然道:“厉害,也不算厉害。他们当年的首领叫檀石槐,此人自永寿二年(156年)开始便频频入寇,灵帝建宁元年(168年)之后更是连年入侵幽州、并州。当时边关烽火连年,鲜卑所过之处,当真是生灵涂炭,十室九空,那些贼人凶暴猖狂,朝廷全然无计可施,我从那时便苦练武艺,发誓终有一日要将贼人尽数消灭,令其不敢正视中土。嘿,谁知道这把年纪了,曹叡居然把这些贼人引进中原,真是气煞我也!”众人面面相觑,沉默片刻,才有人悻悻地道:“这些凶徒是被伪朝征召,应该不敢放肆大掠,侵扰百姓吧?”关羽轻蔑的一笑:“不敢?当年天下大乱时,大汉征调过于夫罗,也征调过乌丸兵,这些人当年听从大汉吩咐也不过是因为有利可图,现在伪朝衰弱,有求于他们,难道他们还能任由调度差遣,一心为伪朝杀敌?”“哎,我只怕颍川的百姓要吃苦了。”

Chapter 522 How Many of You Are There? (Add 2/2 for Zijinling)

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