Chapter 133: The Heroes' Meeting (Part 1)

Sima Zhao's army was stationed in Hongnong and had no power to take the initiative. Jiang Wei's eight formations were far beyond everyone's expectations. If he could not break the eight formations, he would eventually be defeated by the Shu army in the future.

Among the civil and military officials, only Pei Xiu knew about the Eight Formations, but it was only for the eight Formations passed down. The Eight Formations used by Jiang Wei was created by Zhuge Liang. They are usually contained in the camps and camps. In wartime, they can be used as heaven, earth, wind, clouds, dragons, tigers, birds, and snakes.

The traditional Eight Formations use gongs and drums to command the army, but according to the memories of Wei generals, the Shu army did not hear drums or gongs from beginning to end. Obviously, the eight formations of Shu Han were much more refined than the eight formations passed down. This invisibly increased the difficulty of breaking the formation. Only Shu people themselves knew what military orders were transmitted by Shu Han. The Wei people could not figure it out, and they were also played with by the Shu army when they fought again.

The killer weapon is not just the eight formations, but also the catapult cart and the Zhuge crossbow. Both are inventions and transformations by Ma Jun, and its power can be called astonishing in this era. When tens of thousands of troops were smashed by overwhelming stones, they collapsed instantly and scattered in birds and beasts, making it difficult to deal with.

This is related to Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu went to visit Ma Jun and made Ma Jun speechless. Now this speechless guy made such powerful weapons, which made Pei Xiu feel ashamed. Thinking of this a few years ago, what was bothering today was Shu Han and Dongwu.

Fu Xuan, the prefect of Hongnong, was a witness to the debate between Pei Xiu and Ma Jun, and repeatedly recommended Ma Jun to the court, hoping that Ma Jun's talents could be used by the country. However, those in power in all dynasties regarded Ma Jun's talents as a toy, thinking that it was difficult to enter the elegant hall, which led to the fact that Liu Chan sent people to plunder.

In such a huge Wei Kingdom, can't I find a skillful move that is comparable to Ma Jun? Sima Zhao sent someone to order various places to recruit skillful craftsmen to make weapons.

After a while, Hongnong's military and civilians finally settled down, and the Shu army in Chang'an had no intention of continuing to attack. This was expected by Sima Zhao and others. After all, four or five months of long-term battle, the two states of Yongliang were captured, which all needed to be digested.

The troops from Xuchang, Luoyang and Hebei counties successively advanced towards Hongnong, and followed by Du Yu, the envoy sent by Sima Yan.

The fall of Chang'an means that Shu Han added land in two states out of thin air, and the pattern of the world underwent subtle changes. The rising Shu Han, Cao Wei, who lost land in the west, became the focus of the world, while Jiangdong was in the most embarrassing situation.

It is difficult to conquer Wei territory, and it is impossible to retreat and cannot sit idly by the Shu Han family as the only one. This situation makes people feel powerless and helpless. The suggestions in the court were very clear, and to use the Shu Han period to consolidate the defense of Hongnong, Luoyang, Xinye, Wancheng, Lianghuai and other important places. At the same time, we should contact the people of Wu to see how the people of Wu were in their own way when the times change.

If the Eastern Wu can be won over to stand on his side, then Shu Han will not be afraid. The rapid expansion of Shu Han's national strength makes people look forward to it, but the national strength of Shu Han can be compared with that of Wei. Wei can withstand the attacks of Wu and Shu at the same time, maintain multi-line combat and sufficient force to use.

Is Shu Han OK?

Offense and defense are different concepts, and two-to-one and one-to-two are worlds different!

Eastern Wu always believed that he was on par with Shu Han and even surpassed Shu Han. Now that Shu Han has been far away, he has been left with a few streets. He failed to take down 50,000 troops in one Shouchun, but the Shu army took over Yongliang and even Sanfu in one go.

The self-esteem of the heroes in Jiangdong has been hit a lot, and the gap must be very huge. At this time, when lobbying the Eastern Wu, there is at least 50% chance that the Wu people will betray the alliance and rebel against Shu!

Even if the lobbying fails, there will be a gap between Wu and Shu, and Wei State has obtained the most precious time. This is a business that is stable and profitable, so why not do it?

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When Liu Chan hosted the second banquet for the gentry Su Lao in Chang'an City, the two sides still had an inappropriate agreement. They said that it was inappropriate, but in fact there was nothing. Liu Chan did not clarify the rights and responsibilities of these intricate families, and the Su Laos did not want to mention the implementation of the legal system of Shu Han in the local area.

The three heads did not shock these old and powerful genius leaders, but instead stimulated them to give it a try. The battle was nothing more than the word profit, and the bet was that Shu Han wanted to stabilize Yongliang and the land of the Three Auxiliary, so he had to rely on the power of these aristocratic families.

This place is not the east and west rivers. It was managed by the Liu father and son for decades and was extremely stable. If Shu Han wanted to continue to advance eastward to attack Wei, the base camp in the rear would be the two states of Yongliang and the three auxiliary places. When the fierce battle in the front and the fire broke out in the rear, it would be an endless encounter.

Many people in Sichuan are descendants of Sanfu, and they can more or less establish some relationship with the local aristocratic families. Therefore, these old people know what the aristocratic families in the east and west Sichuan are.

All their slaves and tenants have to pay taxes to the state. What a loss? Today, they raised their arms and called on each family to raise tens of thousands of servants. If they followed the policy of Shu Han, wouldn’t they be slaughtered in the future?

Liu Chan would never dare to use force against the Sanfu family at this time. This is the reliance of everyone and the reason why he wanted to waste it with Liu Chan. If you don’t say it, I won’t even say it, it won’t be rotten in your stomach after all, but the interests will be completely different.

So everyone drank happily and left, and Liu Chan praised the old people who came to the banquet again, and the matter came to an end for the time being. Now it is just a test of the attitude of these people. There is something more important and urgent than this.

Regarding the two prefectures of Yongliang, Liu Chan and Jiang Wei have already drawn up a blueprint, and now is the time to put it into practice. The Han people in Yongliang are not a problem. The most important thing is to contribute to the relationship between ethnic minorities and transform them into the second Southern Central.

This is the most urgent task to replenish manpower and material resources from various ethnic groups such as Qiang and Di, so that they are loyal to the Han Dynasty and use it for their own use. The consumption of the five-month conquest made the Shu Han, which had just become rich, have to see the bottom again. It was not because of insufficient financial resources, but because of insufficient food.

The mountain roads are rugged and difficult to travel, and the problem of inefficient transportation has been improved. This is the fundamental reason for supporting more than 100,000 people in Shu Han to fight for five consecutive months, but it is not enough to solve the problem of grain reserves. War and transportation itself consume extremely food and supplies. Some problems solved by Shu Han were just improved compared to the past. In essence, the food will not become too much to eat.

Cultivation of farming is a good way to develop agriculture, but it takes time. The varieties of goods traded in southern countries also have food, but the quantity is very limited. In this era, farming is a problem in any country, and even if there is surplus grain, it will not be easily used for money. This is the foundation of life-saving.

After fighting for a lifetime, no one would have thought that there would be such benefits. Military generals everywhere were grateful and supportive of Liu Chan.
Chapter completed!