Chapter 1107 Climbing High
The first month of the fifth year of Kaiping (331) came unexpectedly.
The ceremony was solemn and solemn. Envoys from all states and tribes in the world entered the capital and presented various tributes to the emperor of Daliang for his longevity.
Everything seems to be thriving, everything is thriving, this is the glorious atmosphere of the dynasty.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the meeting of Mangshan Mountain climbing high, and all the wise men arrived.
At this time, a Jingzhou military newspaper came: Shao Shen, the prince of Julu, defeated the Jin army under Yidu City, beheaded more than a thousand. In despair, the Yiling tribe killed the prefect and surrendered.
It was half a month later than the previous guarantee, but it was pretty good.
Badong, Jianping and Yidu are all counties with regions spanning both sides of the river, but coincidentally, the county seats are all in Jiangbei. After taking it down, you can even appoint the prefect.
In addition, the Chengguo army has also arrived in Badong.
Their navy went downstream and went to Nanpu first. Wuqiu led more than 2,000 people to stand here, and formed a soldier and let go of some of them. After failing to surrender, he became angry and began to siege.
However, their main force still went to Yufu.
Shao Shen's envoy shuttled through the mountains of the three counties, recruited barbarian chiefs and cave owners from all walks of life, and tried his best to persuade them to send troops to provide food and reinforce Badong.
After reading it, Shao Xun was quite satisfied and announced it in public at the climbing meeting.
For a moment, the congratulations shook the sky and the earth, making people wonder if it had woken up the new souls and old ghosts under their feet.
The highlight of the climbing meeting is of course the choice of the princess of Xiangyang Shao Zhen. This is something that no one can say and pretend to be unaware of, but they know it well. Shao Zhen was originally named Princess Hongnong, and later changed to Princess Xiangyang.
The second princess - no one would be so stupid that she calls her third princess in public - her biological mother is Empress Yu, and she is the legitimate daughter in the folk. Naturally, there is no need to say much about the value of her identity.
Young handsome men from all walks of life pretended not to know anything, and showed their best condition, such as poetry, books, etiquette, and even riding horses and shooting arrows, they had to distinguish themselves from others, and the competition was extremely fierce.
The princess of Xiangyang is quiet and even a little shy. She has been studying since childhood and is well-educated. Such a life experience has cultivated her to a complete "face control". She likes handsome boys and doesn't care much about her ability or family background.
In the end, she actually chose a martial arts student from Jinyang martial arts.
This person's name is Fang Lun, from Pingyang, he has almost no family background and is the same age as Shao Zhen.
This year is his last year in Jinyang martial arts. He was awarded the position of team leader for his hard work and outstanding skills. After the Yin Gun Zuoying Division was in charge, he joined the army as a supplementary soldier officer. If he was not outstanding, he would obviously not be qualified to come to Mangshan.
After the news spread, the children of Luoyang's ministers were in an uproar.
Although the martial students were also jealous of this son who could marry Mr. Shao’s daughter, they were unanimous to the public at this time. Even the one with a bright mind has begun to think about how to make friends with Fang Lun as a classmate and improve his prospects in the imperial guards.
Of course, they are not smart enough. Anyone with a real discerning eye knows that Fang Lun will not go to the left camp of Silver Spear. How could the emperor and son-in-law still be the team leader? Whose face is lost?
Fang Lun may eventually return to the Silver Gun Left Camp to control the imperial guards for the emperor, but it is definitely not now.
But no matter where he goes, as the number one topic of talk in the first month of the fifth year of Kaiping, Fang Lun is destined to be talked about by many people because he is too topical - can anyone reach the top with just one face?
After the meeting of climbing high, Shao Xun returned to Luoyang. Before leaving, he sent an envoy to Pingcheng again and asked Duke Dai when he would come to Luoyang?
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Compared with Luoyang, the atmosphere in Wuchang in the first month is a bit uneasy.
The three counties of Badong, Jianping and Yidu were destroyed. After the news came back, the morale of the shogunate could be seen to the naked eye.
The Navy was probably the last psychological defense line in Wuchang. After the defeat of the Lu Division and the loss of thousands of troops, they rushed to Jiangling, caught two patrol ships of the Liang Kingdom Navy, sunk one, and captured one, which slightly restored a little morale.
But they had no choice but to sit and watch the Liang people collect all the lands of the three counties in Jiangbei.
The things have come to this point, and everything seems to be clear...
"But I can't do this!" In the Governor's Office, Zhuge Hui sighed to his second son Zhuge Xu, "The court cannot see that the king's army is not strong enough, they will only feel that they have lost their troops and lost their territory."
"So my father still has to send troops north?" Zhuge Xu asked.
"That's right." Zhuge Hui nodded and said, "Send some barbarians to the north to plunder. Even if they fail, it won't be a big deal. The world soldiers in Jingzhou have just expanded, so it's really not useful."
Zhuge Xu met.
My father really didn't want to fight, but he had no choice but to deal with it. If the court is dissatisfied, it will be a minor defeat according to the current situation. It is impossible to punish severely. At worst, it will be exempted from official positions.
Is this really a bad thing? At least Zhuge Xu didn't think so.
In fact, he was very puzzled by his father's generation's insistence on "burying the Sima family". When is this time? What's the point?
Of course he also knew that some things were not that simple. It would be quite terrible if a person simply considers seeking profit and avoiding harm. In short, he is helpless, but he will not openly oppose his father's choice. "Grandma!" A crisp sound rang out of the door.
Zhuge Hui and his son looked at each other, but saw their second daughter Zhuge Wenbao holding a wine pot in one hand and holding her sister Wenxiong's hand in the other.
My wife Kong was instructing the servants and maids to clean up in the courtyard. She turned around from time to time to look at her husband, her eyes full of concern.
Zhuge Hui and his son looked at each other, put away the sorrow on their faces, and showed a little smile.
"Grandma, eat meat minced today." Before Wen Bao could speak, five-year-old Wen Xiong started shouting loudly.
Both father and son both laughed.
Zhuge Hui got up and walked over, picked up his little daughter, and said, "Do you like eating minced meat?"
"I like." Zhuge Wenxiong nodded seriously, then pointed to the ladder outside, and said, "Grandpa and second brother want to climb high and eat minced meat." Zhuge Hui laughed and said, "Grandpa is the governor of four states, how can you do such a rude thing? It's not appropriate."
Zhuge Qi took a celadon double-eared pot from his second sister. The pot is still warm, and it contains the pepper and cypress wine made in the twelfth lunar month last year. It is a traditional custom in the Han Dynasty. There is not much left now, and it is just right for you to finish drinking today. "Just have your meal in the study." Zhuge Hui put down his little daughter and ordered.
Zhuge Wenbao responded and carefully checked the incense in the copper furnace. Seeing that it was almost burning out, he ordered the maid to pick up some new ones. "I was doing these things back then by my elder sister, but now it's my second sister's turn to be the leader." Zhuge Xu smiled.
Zhuge Wenbao smiled with a pursed lips, and then said a little melancholy: "I wonder what my elder sister is doing now?"
"Do you miss her?" Zhuge Qi cleaned up the debris on the desk, put down two wine bowls, poured half a bowl of wine for his father first, and asked casually. "Yeah." Zhuge Wenbao said, "I have never been separated for so long, I miss you very much." Zhuge Xu poured half a bowl of wine for himself, then sat down, and sighed, "My elder sister is in Jianye, so there should be no major problems. My third brother is in Pingyang, so the situation is probably much more difficult." "Didn't the third brother just ask someone to send a letter back?" Zhuge Wenbao said strangely.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
When talking about this letter, Zhuge Hui and Zhuge Xun's father and son looked darker again.
But Zhuge Hui had been through the storm for a long time, so he quickly changed the topic. Looking at his second daughter, he joked, "Wen Bao is fourteen years old after the Chinese New Year. Yang Taifu has a good man, and wants to hire you as a wife, how about it?"
Zhuge Wenbao blushed and said, "I want to accompany my grandmother."
Zhuge Xu pretended to be unhappy. "I have to accompany my second brother." Zhuge Wenbao said again.
Zhuge Xu turned anger into joy, and smiled and said, "It's not in vain that my brother brought you so many rare treasures. Once the battle begins, I don't know when it will be settled. Others can't buy it even if they want to. In the future, it will be more than enough as a dowry."
Zhuge Wenbao finally got defeated and went out with a blushing face.
Zhuge Wenxiong chased her and ran out, but halfway through, he turned back, getting tired of his brother Zhuge Xu.
Zhuge Yu hugged his sister on his lap and said to Zhuge Hui: "Grandpa, marriage with the Yang family is a good thing, but it may not be in Yang Wei's family. There is also Yang family in the north-"
Zhuge Hui stretched out his hand to stop his son's words and said, "It's too urgent, wait first."
Zhuge Xu met.
The two generations of Zhuge actively married the Yang family and Deng family. It was nothing to marry the second daughter to the Yang family, but now they can't do it.
The third son Zhuge Heng went to Pingyang and married the Deng daughter. He lived in the Deng family. He lived in seclusion on weekdays. He had almost no contact with others except as a contact person to avoid being known.
After all, he was the governor of the Great Jin Dynasty, so he should pay attention to his influence. "You mentioned the matter of freight just now..." Zhuge Hui said, "Stop with the north, and talk about it after the war is over. During this period, you will study at home and will always be an official in the future. This family cannot be just for your father and your elder brother, you have to share the burden."
"Yes." Zhuge Xu lowered his head and received the teachings. "After the first month, you go to Changsha." Zhuge Hui said again, "I will be invaded by Ningzhou after the New Year. This battle is mainly based on recruitment and pacification. The leaders of the Cuan people sent their sons and nephews to Changsha to find ways to get in touch."
"Grandpa really intends to listen to Wang Yan?" Zhuge Xu was a little surprised. "You have to save some face." Zhuge Hui sighed, "Otherwise, the old friends in the court would not be able to help me." Zhuge Xu was speechless, and then couldn't help asking, "What if the Liang people took the opportunity to go south?"
"With the navy here, they can't come. Besides, my father would not send a large army to the south. This battle is used to suppress and pacify, mainly relying on pacification." After Zhuge Hui finished speaking, he paused, looked at the distant sky outside the window and said, "If this is true, it is the will of heaven. Heaven will destroy Jin."
Zhuge Xu nodded and thought that all the chariots and cavalry generals of the Great Jin Dynasty were like this, and destruction was a matter of time sooner or later.
Sun asked again: "Grand, do you think the Liang people can defend Badong? If you cannot transport food from the river, you can only transfer by land, and it would be good to get one or two trucks of grain. It is all dangerous mountain roads."
Zhuge Hui did not answer, and after a sip of wine, he said: "If my father cannot take Badong back, it is also a delusion to become a thief. Yu Fu's dangerous land, Luo Xian had been with two thousand people for half a year. Why should he take the thief? I have always known this person, the person who is good at calculating and lustful. Since he joined Liang, he must have thought it through and would definitely not surrender. Besides, the Liang people sent reinforcements, which is even more difficult to fight. Badong is in hand, so it is not that difficult to enter Shu..."
What is the difficulty in entering Shu from Jingzhou? The difficulty lies in the Three Gorges.
Where is the Three Gorges? Behind Badong.
As long as you defend Badong, there will be no danger from the Yangtze River to Sichuan, it will be a smooth road, provided that you can defeat the opposite naval army.
Zhuge Hui was not so pessimistic and disappointed at the beginning.
Things are all developed step by step.
In his opinion, the newly built Navy of Liang Kingdom was not a match for the Shu people, and they were unable to go upstream and directly attack Shu. But the navy is not much stronger than becoming a thief. Maybe one day they will be defeated by the Liang people.
Li Cheng might be like the Great Jin Dynasty to perish first...
(This chapter ends)