Three Kingdoms Eschatology

When Feng Yu and his party were approaching the east gate of Mei County, they could see the soldiers of Lu Bu's army standing in formation outside the city gate from a distance, and the yellow sand road was paved to the gate of the city.

Lü Bu rode his horse to the front of Feng Yu's chariot, dismounted and kowtowed, "Your servant Lu Bu welcomes the king!".A group of cars stopped, but no one got out of the carriage.

Instead, a person rode a horse and came up from the back of the queue, laughed and said loudly: "I feel bored in the carriage alone, so I came down to take a walk on the horse. There is no need to be polite, please get up quickly."

Feng Yu jumped off the horse while talking, and lifted Lu Bula up.Lu Bu clasped his fists and said, "Lu Bu has already heard about the Xianbei's invasion of our Liang territory. Some guess, the king must have summoned Bu to resist Xianbei when he came here this time."

Feng Yu chuckled and said, "If you are only asked to do this, Gu will not have to come to Mei County in person."

Hearing this, Lu Bu was puzzled and waited for Feng Yu's next words, but Feng Yu didn't continue the relevant topic.Instead, he asked Lü Bu, "Feng Xian, how do you feel after being orphaned?"

This question surprised Lv Bu, and he quickly answered: "Lv Bu came to Liang, and the king treated him well. Now that Bu is a high-ranking official in Liang, his life is stable, and his family no longer has to suffer from homelessness. It was bestowed by the king, and Bu Bu is very grateful to the king."

At this moment, both of them got on their horses and walked side by side, but Feng Yu said to Lu Bu: "No. You didn't tell the truth. These are not what you really pursue. You still have the heart to build a princely career!"

Feng Yu's blunt words made Lu Bu even more terrified, and he hurriedly argued: "Your Majesty, don't doubt your loyalty to the King. If you are the King, you will be like the people of the world, thinking that Bu is a person who is used to disobedience to the Lord. , Bu immediately resigned from this official position and returned to the countryside with his family."

Feng Yu laughed loudly and said: "If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have sent someone to welcome you into the Kingdom of Liang. I don't know how you treat others, but I know that you are loyal to the Kingdom of Liang. I just said that you still have An ambition. This does not contradict your loyalty to Gu."

There is a basis for Feng Yu to say this, because the friendship value on Lu Bu's head is still full of one hundred.

Lu Bu was even more perplexed when he heard this, and he reined in his horse and said to Feng Yu, "Your Majesty, I'm telling you the truth. At that time, Bu really didn't want to live under anyone for a long time. The second is that when Bu was young and vigorous, he thought that others could be princes, but with his martial arts skills, he could command the army and have thousands of Bingzhou children, so he should also be a prince.

But over the years, Bu knew that he was not good at managing politics, let alone good at the art of politics and people.I really can't afford to be a prince of this side.If you insist on it, not only will it be difficult for you to have a good result in your life, but it will also affect your family.Bu was fortunate enough to be taken in by the king when he was killed, so he determined that Liang Guo was the final destination of a certain person.A certain achievement can only be obtained on the battlefield in the future. "

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said, "I know that what Feng Xian said is the truth."

Speaking of this, Feng Yu suddenly stopped his smile and said seriously: "But now you have a chance to stand alone without being under others. You can rely on your own personal martial arts, the ability to command the army, and Liang Guo With the logistical support to complete a major event. After completing this matter, you can also be regarded as having established a princely career, and can be regarded as a prince who controls one side."

Lu Bu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! What Bu said just now is very clear. Bu is not that kind of material. A certain lacks the skills of political struggle and governing people. Even if Lu Bu is forced to take that position, he will be easily calculated. Just Like Xuzhou back then..."

Speaking of this, Lu Bu fell silent, Feng Yu also stopped talking, and what he wanted to say couldn't be said clearly on the way.The two galloped on horseback and soon entered the city.After meeting with the officials of Mei County at the city gate, they came to the central army tent of Lu Bu's army.

According to Feng Yu's order, the sand table on the desktop was replaced with a super-large military map.Feng Yu pointed to a large area in the north of the map and said to Lu Bu:

"This place is the Mobei Grassland. The northernmost piece of water is called Beihai, but it is actually a big lake. The northernmost point on this map is here, but in fact, it takes another two thousand miles to the north to reach the real Beihai. It is a frozen ocean for thousands of miles. And this Mobei grassland is actually just a small part of a super prairie. This grassland is connected to the sea in the east, and it can go directly to the northwest of the Western Regions two thousand miles to the west. Even thousands of miles away Close to the northeast border area of ​​the Great Qin State”

Lu Bu was stunned and said, "Could it be that the king wants to bring this grassland into Liang's pocket? But how much manpower and material resources will it take? Secondly, even if this grassland can reach the Western Regions and even Great Qin, it doesn't make much sense for us to spend countless manpower and financial resources to occupy it." Ah. When I was in Bingzhou, I knew that Beihai was a place of bitter cold. Not to mention farming, even grazing was much more difficult than in the Monan grassland or the Western Regions. Even the Huns would be beaten to death once they moved south and left this place. Wouldn't want to go back. After we take over, maybe no one will even want to move here."

Feng Yu said solemnly at this time: "No! Controlling this grassland is of great significance to us. We are not only referring to Liang Guo, but to the entire Han people in the Central Plains. The significance of controlling it is not limited to our generation, but to the Our children and grandchildren!"

Chapter 310 North of the Gobi

"Is it related to our children and grandchildren?" Lu Bu looked at Feng Yu in confusion.He originally thought that Feng Yu just wanted to open a westward land commercial road from the grassland, but he didn't expect Feng Yu to have a deeper consideration.

"That's right." Feng Yu took two steps, and then asked Lu Bu: "In the hundreds of years since the warring states and the Qin and Han Dynasties, who is the biggest foreign enemy of our Chinese people? Who is ruling the Mobei grassland? "

Lu Bu didn't understand why Feng Yu would ask such nonsense, and replied: "Of course it's the Huns, this is common sense that all women and children know."

"That's right. Who is the biggest threat to the Han people now?"

"Of course it's Xianbei who just invaded our Liang territory!"

"Then what do the Huns and Xianbei have in common?"

"They are all Saibei Huyi. They all rule the Mobei grassland"

"anything else?"

"Also..." Lu Bu pondered for a long time and couldn't explain why, and said to Feng Yu: "Lu Bu is dull and can't match the king's thoughts. If the king has something to say, just say it directly."

Feng Yu thought to himself, this is not because Lu Bu is stupid. It is impossible for people of this era to have the vision of a person who knows more than 2000 years of history, so he explained:

"Xiongnu Xianbei are not only Hu people, but also nomadic people on the grassland, which is very different from the Hu people in the Western Regions. Moreover, they only threatened the Central Plains after they unified the tribes of the grassland and occupied the core area of ​​the grassland in Mobei. .”

"Based on past experience, we deal with such grassland nomads. Qin Shihuang's passive defense method of relying on the Great Wall will not work. The Great Wall and the defense along the Great Wall can only hinder such nomads. Break through any point on the Great Wall defense line."

"In the period of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, the strategy of the big man against the Xiongnu changed to take the initiative to attack and sweep the caves. He tried to completely eradicate the threat of the Huns. Despite Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's consecutive victories in the war against the Huns, they were still unable to conquer the Xiongnu in a short period of time. Solve the problem. Instead, the Han Dynasty fell into a protracted war of attrition. The war between the Han and the Huns continued for more than 200 years. Until decades ago, the Xiongnu split into two parts, the north and the south, and the north and the west moved to the west , the southern Xiongnu attached to the Central Plains and ended. But the story does not end..."

Feng Yu uttered a long speech, his mouth was dry, and he picked up the tea bowl on the table and drank a few sips, while Lu Bu was still thinking about Feng Yu's words.Feng Yu continued to say:

"Although the Huns are no longer a threat to the Han Dynasty, there are emerging grassland nomadic tribes that unite the grassland tribes again to form a new grassland nation. This is the Xianbei. Even if we follow the same pattern, it will take another 200 years for the Xianbei to collapse. Gu believes There will definitely be other tribes who will repeat the history again, the difference is nothing more than changing the name. Maybe it is called Rouran, Turkic, Shiwei, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolian or something."

Lu Bu cupped his hands to Feng Yu and said, "Lu Bu understands what the king means. This is why the king wants to completely control the Mobei grassland. But as the king said, the grassland is vast. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he used surprise attacks The method of plowing the court and sweeping the caves will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. If we go to completely occupy the entire grassland, I am afraid that it will not be enough to fill in all the people in the Han territory!"

Feng Yu smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "It's not that I only want to control the Mobei Grassland, but I want to control the Mobei Grassland to the east, the west coast of the Jinghai Sea, and even Liaodong. Finally, I will go to the coast of Beiyang in the north, and Daqin in the west." The northeastern border of China should also be fully controlled.”

Hearing Feng Yu's words, Lu Bu felt only terrified, thinking that the king must have gone crazy, and then he heard Feng Yu say:

"To achieve this goal, it is of course not possible to conquer with Han soldiers alone. Instead, like the Huns and Xianbei, with thousands of warriors at the core, like a snowball, they conquered various grassland tribes and finally unified the grassland."

Lu Bu suddenly realized, and still asked with doubts: "But we are different from Xiongnu and Xianbei. We are not barbarians on the grassland. Can those nomadic tribes agree with us? Besides, Kebin of Xianbei can It has unified and integrated all the ministries of Xianbei..."

Feng Yu laughed at this time and said: "Don't worry about this. First, on the way here alone, I have heard the news that Ke Bi Neng died in battle. Once Ke Bi Neng dies, Xianbei will inevitably collapse, and all tribes can only fight on their own. .

Second, these nomadic tribes on the grasslands did not have any national concept of distinguishing between Chinese and barbarians.They only obey the strong.Whoever is strong, who can lead them to eat meat and drink, they will belong to.This is the reason why new nations are constantly being born on the grasslands.Therefore, we only need your illustrious military exploits and our Liang country's trade imports, and I believe we will be able to achieve this grand goal.And this matter, it is most suitable for one person to do it, that is you—Lu Bu Lu Fengxian! "

Lu Bu gaped and said, "So-and-so?"

"That's right, it's you. To do this, you only need someone who is brave and capable of commanding the army. You are familiar with the Hu people. Your conditions are perfect. I will also arrange military divisions for you to make up for your incompetence in scheming and political warfare. The shortcomings of combining vertical and horizontal connections prevent individual Hu tribes from surrendering and rebelling. In addition, the grassland has a vast area and matters are subject to authority, so I have to appoint you as a Jiedu envoy and grant you the right to act arbitrarily. After the matter is completed, you will be The de facto King of the North."

Hearing this, Lu Bu kowtowed down and said, "Bu thanked the king for his great trust, and Bu can't repay you. He will definitely devote himself to accomplishing the king's great cause, and he will die."

……

In early summer, Lu Bu's army was ready for the Northern Expedition.There are 890 people in the entire army, and every soldier was told that they would go on an expedition to the Mobei prairie and the long and arduous mission.

At the same time, they were also told that after the completion of this epic task, even the humblest cook in the legion will have a title, and groups of cattle and sheep, land and servants may also command hundreds of war cavalry .

Finally, these soldiers have another chance to choose.Among them, those who are unwilling to go can stay voluntarily, and Liang Guoguo will dispatch soldiers from other legions to replace them.As a result, among the nearly 4000 people in the group, only about [-] people were unwilling to go.However, more than [-] people from the rest of Liang's army signed up to replace them.

……

When Lu Bu's army arrived at the northernmost city of Shuofang in Liang State, Zhang Liao had already recovered the three counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan and Yunzhong.The Xianbei people in Dingxiang, Yanmen were also driven away by Liang Jun in Taiyuan County.In fact, these Xianbei people were already frightened, and in many places they fled before the Liang army arrived.

In the midsummer of June, Lu Bu's army appeared on the Gobi Desert, and thousands of horses and horses trampled on the Gobi Desert covered with coarse sand and gravel.

The word "Mobei" refers to the desert belt that starts from the southern end of Xianbei Mountain (Daxing'anling) in the east and ends at the eastern foot of Tianshan Mountain in the west, a long stretch of sandy land, desert, and Gobi.

Right now, Lu Bu wants to cross the [-]-mile wide desert belt and reach Mobei before the end of summer...

Chapter 311

Ye City of Wei State, the back garden of Wei Palace.

Cao Cao is walking among them.He had been lying on the sickbed in the dormitory for more than ten days in a row before, and he was so bored. Taking advantage of the relief of his headache symptoms, he hurried out for a walk.

A servant who was in charge of messengers hurriedly came to Cao Cao, knelt down and presented a letter to Cao Cao, saying: "My lord, we have a secret report from our secret work in Yongzhou. Ke Bineng is dead. Xianbei The [-] troops of the army are all defeated!"

When Cao Cao heard that Ke Bineng was dead, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said to himself, "Ke Bineng died, and he died so quickly, which is beyond Gu's expectation!"

Then, he laughed loudly again: "Forget it, this result is not bad. I am a fisherman who benefits from the competition between cranes and clams. If Ke Bi Neng dies, Xianbei will definitely collapse. The big trouble in the north of our country Wei is considered Temporarily cleared."

Cao Cao proudly recalled the strategy he had personally agreed with Guo Jia, the high priest in the army, more than half a year ago—encouraging the Xianbei people to attack Liang's border westward.

If the Xianbei people succeeded, Cao Wei would be able to receive a large number of refugees from Liang State in Bingzhou, and he could also send troops from Bingzhou to occupy Chang'an in the name of expelling barbarians.Although population is more important than territory at present, the political and intellectual significance of occupying Chang'an, the former capital of the great Han Dynasty, is extraordinary.

If the Xianbei people fail, then Kebi Neng's prestige among the Xianbei people will be greatly reduced. Cao Wei can take advantage of this to defeat the Xianbei people who are entrenched in Wuhuan's hometown, completely eliminating Cao Wei's northern border troubles.

Half an hour later, Cao Cao came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the palace, where he governed and issued orders. Several important ministers and generals had gathered in the pavilion to wait for him.After a brief discussion, Cao Cao issued an order: "Chuan Gu's military order ordered Xia Houyuan, Xu Zhu, and Cao Hong who were stationed in the Beiping camp to lead five thousand tigers and leopards each. Wuhuan, the various tribes of Xianbei in the former land of Goguryeo, must wipe out these barbarians with the momentum of sweeping their holes!"

After Cao Cao gave these instructions, he asked Guo Jia with a smile on his face: "Feng Xiao, this Xianbei is no longer a problem, do you think we can start to conquer the world and unify Kyushu?"

Guo Jia shook his head like a rattle and replied: "Your Majesty, it is still too early to talk about this matter. We still need to wait for the opportunity. When the population of our Central Plains recovers to a certain level, when the rest of the princes, including the emperor of the court, can't stand it." Only when our temperament takes the first step can we strike back."

Cao Cao asked urgently again: "Then look, how long do we have to wait for this opportunity?"

Guo Jia stroked his goatee, and said calmly: "The next opportunity is hard to say, but it will take at least [-] years for the population to fully recover."

Cao Cao showed a disappointed expression: "Will you have to wait so long?" He patted himself on the head again and said, "I'm afraid I can't live for such a long time. Is there any other way for Fengxiao?"

Guo Jia replied: "Yes, there are, but it is necessary to build a navy capable of going far to the ocean, like Sun Wu, who went to Yingzhou and Yizhou to rob people and bring them to the Central Plains."

Cao Cao pondered for a while and said, "Then let Cai Sheng, the general who surrendered from Jingzhou last year, be in charge of training the navy."

This Cai Sheng is from the Cai family in Jingzhou, who originally guarded Suicheng at the southern foot of Daba Mountain. After Liu Bei and Liu Qi's mutiny, he saw that his family had no hope of making a comeback. In fear, he crossed Wusheng Pass and crossed Daba Mountain to defect to Cao Wei.

Guo Jia immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, Cai Sheng is only good at the inland river navy, and this inland river navy cannot be compared with the distant sea navy. I am afraid that he alone is not competent."

Cao Cao frowned and asked, "Then what should we do according to Feng Xiao? There are no people in Wei who are good at sailing in the high seas. The fishermen along the coast of Qingxu were almost dead when they settled the Central Plains in Guping. And they didn't Must be familiar with high seas sailing."

In fact, Guo Jia didn't think about how to deal with it. He thought about it and said, "We still have to find a way to poach people from Sun Wu!"

……

Five two-masted sailboats were sailing on the calm sea, but Lin Tao, who was standing on the deck covered with salt, felt rough.

The fleet of five ocean-going sailing ships sailed out of Sawaddy Port, loaded with fresh water and food supplies, and 180 sailors headed south all the way.

Most of these sailors were recidivists of the Liang Kingdom. After nearly a year of training in Tenglong City, Shawady Port, they started their long-distance expedition missions.If the task is completed, they will be spared the death penalty.Lin Tao is the commander of this fleet.He is also a felon.

Lin Tao was originally a Danhu on the Yangtze River in Jingzhou. When the Central Plains was in turmoil, he went up the river and took refuge in the Yibin area of ​​Bashu Jiangzhou.Later, because his mother was ill and illiterate, he was accidentally deceived and signed a usury loan.The three silver coins borrowed at the beginning turned out to be a huge debt of three gold coins after revolving interest.

The creditor not only wanted to take back his family's boat, but also plundered his two younger sisters as slaves.In desperation, Lin Tao killed 12 creditors and his servants in a row with a fish-killing knife.This incident shocked Jiangzhou, and the chief official believed that there was a reason for the incident, but twelve lives should be sentenced to death anyway.

That day, several jailers lifted him out of the prison, let him take a hot bath, and set him a small table of wine and food.He thought he was going to be executed for this, but after he finished eating, the jailer took him to see a young man in rich clothes.

When the other party met, they straight-forwardly explained their intentions: "Lin Tao, Gu already knows about you. Do you want to die or live? Do you want to take care of your younger siblings? Gu can give you a chance."

As a Danhu, Lin Tao has never been to shore in his life, so he is naturally ignorant and ignorant. He doesn't know that Gu is the self-proclaimed king.Later, he found out that the other party was Liang Wang Feng Yu.

The other party's request is for him to learn the art of oceangoing, and then go to sea with the oceangoing fleet to complete various tasks.The condition is that he be spared the death penalty, and all his younger siblings will be taken care of by the Liang Guo government until they reach adulthood.If the mission fails, the salary and pension will still be paid to his family.If the mission is successful, high-ranking officials and high salaries are no problem.

Lin Tao could only agree that he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that his siblings would be sold as slaves if no one would take care of them.Moreover, this may well be a turning point in his own fortunes.

Then, with the letterhead issued by the official office, he rushed all the way to Tenglong City, Sawady Port to register.No one escorted him during the whole process, which proved that Feng Yu fully trusted him.In fact, this is also Feng Yu's test.

In the end, Lin Tao was selected as the commander of the fleet with the best overall score and set sail with the fleet.

When the fleet passed through the turbulent Andaman Sea, even Lin Tao, who lived on the inland water all year round, was seasick and vomited.

Now the fleet has finally entered a peaceful sea area, but Lin Tao feels that this place is more dangerous than the Andaman Sea.Because the land can be clearly seen on both sides of the fleet, they are already in a strait.On the land on both sides of the strait, there should be some forces ruled by Brahmans, and they are all vassals of the Chula Kingdom...

Chapter 312 The Tail in the Straits

"Boss, there seems to be tails behind us! But when we were about to take a closer look, they disappeared under the sea level." A big shirtless man with a beard came forward and said to Lin Tao.

Lin Tao thought for a while, and then gave some instructions to the shirtless man.A few moments later, on the ship where Lin Tao was, the soldiers displayed flags on the mast.The ships immediately lowered their small boats in the style of Viking ships from the deck, and they broke away from the brigade and sailed to the land on both sides.

This is the narrowest part of the strait. When the weather is clear, standing on the mast, you can clearly see the outline of the mountains on both sides of the strait.The Viking skiffs went further and further away until they shrunk to a small point and merged with the land exposed on the skyline, out of sight.

The fleet continued southward, a moment later.Three small boats sneaked out again.These are three curved triangular sailboats in a traditional style. It is said that they are small boats, but they are only compared to the multi-masted galleons of Liang Guo.In fact, their hulls are also seven or eight battles long.

Lin Tao's five multi-masted sailboats stopped, and the three slightly curved triangular sailboats in the distance could not see that the target in front had stopped at first.When they found out, Lin Tao's fleet had already turned around on the sea, and suddenly turned back.

Knowing that they were exposed and being pursued by the other side, the three slightly curved triangular sailboats quickly turned their bows, hoisted their triangular sails and fled to the north in a panic.

But not long after they escaped, they saw five square-sail ships with strange shapes approaching them, and these ships were traveling extremely fast, and the long oars on both sides of the ship stirred up the rolling white waves.The two sides got closer and closer, until at last they could see the faces of the other sailors clearly.

On the slightly curved triangular sail boat, a leader yelled loudly, probably asking the sailors to row hard.A javelin flew over suddenly, pierced the triangular canvas, and hit the leader's back vest without deflecting.With a scream, he fell on the deck at the bow.

Immediately afterwards, several claws threw towards the three ships, and with the sound of metal hitting wood, the claws firmly grasped them.A thin, dark-skinned man was holding a dogleg steel knife, swinging the knife to cut off the rope on the hook.

In the blink of an eye, a black object spun at high speed and rushed towards the man.There was a crisp pop, and in the blood mist, a sharp battle ax smashed into the man's head, causing him to fall into the sea on all fours.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, more than [-] fully armed Liang Guo sailors jumped onto the dhow.Some sailors on board tried to resist, but those who resisted were quickly killed by Liang Guo sailors.

In the end, the three triangular sailboats, including the boats and [-] sailors, were all captured by the opponent, and more than ten people were killed.These captives were immediately tied up and taken to Lin Tao's flagship.

"Who are you and why are you following our fleet?" Lin Tao asked immediately.

Since there are still a large number of Mon-Khmer (Mon) and Malay (Malay) Yu people distributed in the southeastern peninsula islands, as well as "black" tribes including the Pegmies who do not know what ethnic group they belong to.

Therefore, among the members of Lin Tao's fleet are Mon people who are proficient in several mainstream languages ​​of these aborigines.These translators immediately translated Lin Tao's words to the other party.But these captives pretended not to understand, bowed their heads and closed their eyes in silence.

These crew members of Lin Tao are vicious and vicious. With their means, there is no reason why they can't pry their mouths open.Amidst the screams and howls, the other party was quickly told to speak.

It turned out that these people were just a group of pirates composed of various people.Among them were the Zhuluo businessman who went bankrupt and hid from debts, the exiled Ma Luoyu, the Funan people, and even some black people with brown skin and curly hair.They all live in a fishing village called Malajia, and the aboriginal fishermen in that fishing village have been killed by them.

Lin Tao thought to himself: "So they are not from Langyaxiu and Gantori Kingdom." So he asked, "Then do you know where Langyaxiu and Gantori are?"

Based on the current situation of the Liang Kingdom, there are more than a dozen Zhula vassal states directly or indirectly ruled by the Brahmins on this series of large and small islands in the southeast, and Langyaxiu and Gandari are the two largest among them.One is on the east bank of the strait and the other is on the west bank, but Liang Guo does not know the exact location.I only know that Langyaxiu is a "black" country, but the ruling class is Brahmins, and Gandhari is a country of Marayu people, and the king is also from the Brahmin caste of Chola.

After hearing Lin Tao's words, these people had doubts on their faces.It turned out that the name of the country itself came from a transliteration, and the shape changed after two translations, so they didn't understand the translation for a while.They didn't understand Lin Tao's meaning until the translator corrected and checked it again and again.They kowtowed to Lin Tao one after another:

"The wolf tooth repair is more than a hundred miles north of our Malajia, and Gantori is on the southeast coast of Sumatra Island on the other side."

When Lin Tao asked them about the details of the two countries, these people said that they were not very clear, but told Lin Tao that their leader should know the situation of the two countries, because their leader is a bankrupt businessman who has been hiding from debts. The two countries.

Lin Tao saw that they didn't seem to be concealing it deliberately, and there was no need for them to do so, thinking in his mind:

"We just want to find a place in this strait to build a stronghold. If we snatch their stronghold as our own, wouldn't we get twice the result with half the effort and save manpower and material resources for building the stronghold. Maybe we can take these pirates as our own use."