Chapter 671 Even if There Are Thousands of People, I Will Go

Chengdu, the General's Mansion.

It was late at night, but the lights in the study of the mansion were still bright.

Ever since Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong in the north, all the huge political affairs of Shuzhong were placed on Zhuge Liang's shoulders. He had to raise food and grass, train soldiers, rectify internal affairs, and guard against foreign invasions for more than a month. He had been reviewing documents all night long without any slackness.

At this midnight, the sound of light footsteps hitting the wooden floor was heard...

Yang Yi deliberately walked in with extremely light steps. Seeing that Zhuge Liang had finished approving a document, he said, "Sir, Gongcao Shuzuo Li Hui wants to see you!"

"Oh, isn't he in Jianning? When will he come back at night?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and immediately perked up his spirit, "Come in!"

Not long after, Li Hui walked in quickly and saluted, "Gongcao Shuzuo Li Hui meets the military advisor!"

"Deang, no need to salute, sit down!"

Zhuge Liang said in a calm tone. In fact, the internal and external troubles during this period have tempered his mind. No matter how urgent the matter is, no matter how complicated his heart is, he is just calm on the surface.

Li Hui's face was particularly solemn, "Military Advisor Zhuge, something bad has happened, Yunnan is in urgent need of help--"

During the Three Kingdoms period, Yunnan was under the jurisdiction of the Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo. Judging from the maps of later generations, his territory was roughly west of Baoshan Zhaotong, Yunnan, north of Kunming, south of Diqing, eastern Myanmar, and Tengchong, Ruili, and Nujiang in Yunnan.

And this is the limit of Yunnan, not Meng Huo's limit.

In fact, such as Wu Tugu, the king of Wuguo;

King Mulu, who is said to be able to change the weather and control wild beasts;

King Duosi, who is known as the wisest man in the Southern Barbarians;

Jinhuan Sanjie, Dongdana, and Ahuinan of Wuxidong Barbarian Village;

Mrs. Zhurong's brother brought the cave master. These barbarian forces have crossed Yunnan and spread to Myanmar. When these barbarian soldiers and horses are assembled, there are more than hundreds of thousands of people?

Even when the troops in Shuzhong were assembled, they never dared to underestimate this force, not to mention that Shuzhong now... is just an empty city.

After Li Hui's report.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frowned, "You mean, the Barbarian King summoned the Wei envoy Cheng Yu, and the whole Yunnan was also under the call of the Barbarian King Meng Huo. The cave masters have begun to recruit soldiers, and even the King of Wuguo, Wu Tugu, has responded and rushed to Yunnan with rattan armor soldiers?"

Zhuge Liang had heard about the invasion of the Southern Barbarians before, and was mentally prepared, but... the cave masters... and even the Wuguo Kingdom joined the war, which was undoubtedly... something Zhuge Liang had not expected.

"The situation may be more serious than what I have found out..." Li Hui looked solemn, "If the Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke also joins the war, it will not only threaten the Southern Barbarians, but I am afraid that even Yiling will be attacked by the barbarians..."

Li Hui's words were concise.

The fewer words, the bigger the matter.

"What?"

Zhuge Liang was shocked, and his eyes were filled with deep worry.

"My hometown is in Jianning County. Although my family is not the top wealthy family in the area, it has been passed down for a hundred years and has a complex relationship. These information can still be guaranteed to be accurate, but..."

Speaking of this, Li Hui paused, "But, at least... the reliable information received now does not indicate that the barbarians have declared war on us and have invaded Chengdu..."

"They are waiting..." Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed and his hands subconsciously slapped on the table. "First, they are waiting for information about the battle in Hanzhong, and second... I'm afraid they have secretly sent people to Shuzhong to inquire, to find out the truth about Chengdu!"

"Is there any way to conceal it?" Li Hui asked hurriedly.

Zhuge Liang shook his head, "How I wish I had the ability to make soldiers out of beans, but now... all the soldiers deployed in Chengdu can't even get a thousand people together. Even if I bluff, I don't know where to start!"

"Then..." The inexplicably heavy atmosphere suddenly suppressed, and Li Hui hesitated.

Zhuge Liang seemed to see through what he was going to say from his eyes.

"Huh"... With a long exhalation, Zhuge Liang murmured deeply, "When the enemy comes, we will stop him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. When the southern barbarians really invade, even if there are only a thousand soldiers, I will do my best to stop the enemy!"

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang seemed to think of the battle situation in Hanzhong again, and the situation there was also not optimistic.

His brows were more serious, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"At this time, I can't add pressure to the lord and Xiaozhi..."

He said this, but in his heart, Zhuge Liang sighed.

——『Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone... It's a troubled time! 』

Just as Zhuge Liang and Li Hui were discussing...

"Military Advisor..."

Yang Yi, who had just walked out of the room, hurried back again. This time, he had a bamboo tube in his hand. Judging from his attire... he came from Jingzhou.

"Military Advisor Zhuge, a letter has come from Jingzhou. It was sent by the Fourth Master Guan from 700 miles away..."

As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, Zhuge Liang said hurriedly.

"Show it to me quickly--"

He couldn't wait to take the bamboo tube and unfold the letter inside. The familiar words came into his eyes, but the content made him think deeply.

"Military Advisor Zhuge...but what kind of brilliant plan did Master Yunqi come up with?"

Yang Yi asked impatiently.

Zhuge Liang seemed to be still pondering. After pondering for a long time, he still said with a somewhat doubtful tone: "What Yunqi sent was not a brilliant plan..."

Yang Yi hurriedly asked again: "What is that?"

Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Yang Yi, but said, "Yunqi only said one thing, to send his fifth brother Guan Suo to Chengdu..."

Ah...

When Zhuge Liang's words came out, Yang Yi showed an incredible astonishment.

What time is it?

The tiger at the front gate of Hanzhong has not been pacified, and the wolf at the back gate of Yunnan has entered again...

At such a critical moment, why... why did they send Guan Suo here.

Speaking of which, Guan Suo doesn't seem to have made much achievements in his previous military exploits!

It seems that his reputation... is not very good!

This... this...

Yang Yi was still confused, Zhuge Liang sighed: "Yunqi, he will definitely not do it without a purpose, this move must have been planned!"

Yang Yi immediately retorted: "Military Advisor Zhuge, don't make a myth of him. If he had planned everything, he would not have just sent Adou and Zhuge Ke with only 3,000 people to rescue Dingjun Mountain... Maybe this time..."

Speaking of this, Yang Yi paused, then gritted his teeth, and said all the words that lingered in his heart: "Military Advisor Zhuge, maybe this time we should realize that whether it is "Yun Biechuan" or Master Yunqi... he... is not a god, he can't predict everything every time, he... he will make mistakes! He will also make mistakes!"

"Make mistakes? Make mistakes?" Zhuge Liang repeated these six words softly.

But, from the bottom of his heart, from the previous calculations, from those exquisite and desperate actions, he... he Zhuge Liang still didn't want to believe that Guan Lin would make mistakes and make mistakes!

Zhuge Liang believed in that insight and strategic ability.

At least, in the current situation, the Wei army has not won, and the Shu army has not lost!

The Nanman Rebellion has not yet reached its most fatal moment.

Everything is still pending!

And - wait and see! Wait and see!

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The mountains on both sides of the entrance to Dingjun Mountain.

Because of the special structure of the stone and the solidity of the stone wall here, even if stone is needed in peacetime, it is rarely excavated from here.

It is precisely because of this that no one would consider an ambush here.

At 2:00 am...

Zhuge Ke had already led his Qiang people to climb up the mountains on both sides, and heavy rectangular cloth bags were placed at the bottom of the stone wall. The extremely eye-catching "explosion" on each cloth bag was particularly obvious.

"Is this the explosion bag that Yuan Xun mentioned?"

Zhang Bao looked at the gray and green cloth bags carefully placed and arranged the fuse, and couldn't help asking.

In fact, he had no idea about this so-called "explosive bag".

Zhang Xingcai, on the other hand, knew a little about it, so she explained to her brother Zhang Bao: "Earlier in the Jingzhou period, Yunqi had drawn a blueprint called 'gunpowder refining'. Of course, these... so-called gunpowders are completely different from the white phosphorus collected from the Sifang Mountain outside the Anlu City of Jiangxia. White phosphorus only emits a huge fire to burn the enemy, while this gunpowder has terrible lethality and deterrence."

At this point, Zhang Xingcai paused, and she carefully recalled the words Guan Lin mentioned to her about this "gunpowder".

"Yunqi said that Fan Li, a counselor of the State of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period, had recorded in a book he had made called "Fan Zi Ji Ran" that "using sulfur, realgar and saltpeter mixed with honey to burn it" would cause "flames to rise, burn hands and faces, and burn houses", which is also known as "saltpeter out of Longdao". The picture drawn by Yunqi is far more violent than the one in "Fan Zi Ji Ran"... He even proposed to make gunpowder whip arrows, saying that... it could explode at the tip of the arrow when it was shot into the enemy's formation, and even the most solid shield formation would collapse overnight! If …”

Zhang Xingcai looked directly at those “explosive bags”. She pondered deeply for a moment before continuing, “If…if Yunqi’s original idea, his drawings were finally invented by Madam Huang, and gunpowder really worked on the battlefield, then what Yuanxun mentioned just now…using these explosive bags to explode, causing the entire mountain to collapse, and then…burying the entire Wei army in the narrow mountain road here! This…is completely possible!”

Listening to Zhang Xingcai’s words…Zhang Bao couldn’t help but widen his eyes, and even took a breath.

Explosive bags exploded, rocks collapsed…

What kind of destructive power does this require?

Even later, Zhang Bao’s voice was a little stuttering, “Really? It can really be like this…it can really blow up the rocks!”

Zhang Xingcai bit her lip, “Wait and see…”

To be honest, she always has confidence in Guan Lin, but even so, her mood has been “bang, bang, bang” jumping non-stop, as if she was instinctively mumbling and shouting in her heart.

——『Will this bomb work?』

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On the mountain road from Yangping Pass to the southern pass of Dingjun Mountain, 60,000 Wei troops are marching quickly.

Guo Huai is in charge of the central army, observing the surroundings keenly.

A guide reminded him: "This mountain road... Although it is surrounded by mountains on both sides and is easy to set up an ambush, in fact, due to the wind direction and the hard stone walls, it is impossible to dig stones or shoot crossbows! This is why the Shu army reached the mountain so easily, without worrying about the ambush of the Wei army!"

Listening to the guide's words, Guo Huai nodded, "I have also heard about the terrain here... There are rumors from the mountain people that the wind is strong here... The stones that are easy to fall have been blown into this mountain road a long time ago, and the stones left on the stone walls on the mountain are extremely hard! It is impossible to set up an ambush, but our army still needs to march faster!"

Since Zhang came here with Guo Huai, he also looked around the mountains here and said with emotion: "The ridges on both sides... are really amazing! But General Guo is right, he needs to cut off the retreat route and food road of the Shu army as soon as possible, and then the rear ...As long as the water flow is cut off, the big-eared thief will probably imitate his adopted son Liu Feng and lead more than 100,000 Shu troops to be trapped alive in the mountains!"

Guo Huai nodded deeply, obviously deeply agreeing with Zhang Ji's words.

at this time…

"Report..." A scout hurried over to report, "General, a thousand-man Shu army came out of nowhere. The weapons in their hands were as sharp as clay. They were not wearing heavy armor, but they were invulnerable... Already...several Wei army groups have been defeated by them...even...even General Sun Li...has been captured!"

This person also just heard the information and immediately reported it to Guo Huai.

"Shu army? Thousands of people? Cutting iron like clay? Invulnerable?"

Guo Huai looked at the scout with a questioning expression. He felt...this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.

yes…

You said that weapons can cut iron like clay. After all... King Wei's Yitian Sword and Qingzhi Sword can be so sharp because they are made of special materials, but... they are not wearing heavy armor and are invulnerable?

how? The human skin of the Shu army was made of iron?

Haha... Guo Huai thought the scout in front of him was joking.

"Someone, take it down..."

"...General!"

"Didn't you understand what I said? Take it down-"

"Here..."

Hearing that Guo Huai was a little angry, the guards immediately captured the scout.

"General, I am not guilty..."

The scout just said something.

But he saw Guo Huai pull out the general's sword with a "whoosh" sound, and the long sword drew a gorgeous arc in the air. He swung the sword down and took the scout's head directly.

Accompanied by the sound of "dong" and "dong" as heads fell to the ground, Guo Huai roared loudly, "This person must be a spy in Shu. He lied to my general, disturbed the morale of the army, and hindered my march. He was discovered by my general, and now I will behead him." Level, to serve as a warning, if anyone dares to disturb the morale of the army again, this is what will happen!"

Well…

With such a simple move, all the Wei soldiers were silent.

Zhang Ji, on the other hand, pondered slightly and did not comment on Guo Huai's behavior. He was a civil servant and might not understand why he had to be so straightforward and decisive.

But he could understand Guo Huai's mood to some extent. Their team of 60,000 people shouldered the important task of cutting off the Shu army's retreat and food routes. At this critical moment, the morale of the army must not be disturbed——

At this time, Guo Huai's eyes further narrowed, and his sword showed no intention of withdrawing, but pointed forward at a 45-degree angle, "March quickly, pass through this mountain road quickly -"

"Here..." All the lieutenants shouted in response.

Then... the entire army, not sure whether it was because of the fear of the scout's head falling to the ground, or because they were instinctively uneasy walking on this mountain road, they walked very fast.

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At the entrance of Dingjun Mountain.

There is only two miles inward from where Zhuge Ke ambush, and there is a dense forest here.

Many of the defeated Shu troops in the past few days gathered here.

According to the intelligence gathered by the scouts, the road up the mountain from here back to the Shu army's stronghold has been cut off. The entire Bashan Mountains are filled with groups of Wei soldiers and horses.

At this moment, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong were both gathered here... The two met by chance, so they gathered the remaining soldiers from various ministries and gathered together.

But even if the two of them joined forces, facing the Wei army everywhere and being besieged on all sides, they were unable to break through and were helpless.

"Old Huang, we can't hide here, just like a coward, doing nothing!"

Zhang Fei was impatient and could no longer hold back the atmosphere.

"Yide..." Huang Zhong narrowed his eyes, "Tanma said, the tens of thousands of Wei troops at Yangping Pass are on the way. We have strong enemies in front of us and pursuers behind us. In addition to hiding here? You can tell us , what else can be done?”

Faced with this Huang Zhong problem.

Zhang Fei scratched his head. He did not answer directly, but muttered: "The direction of the battle at Dingjunshan is completely different from that of "Yun Biezhuan". It seems that Yun Qi is still good at writing "Fighting God of War" , Zilong’s "Yun Bie Zhuan"... is almost interesting!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Fei seemed to suddenly think of something, "Old Huang? You said... what if the Wei army from Yangping Pass rushed to the foot of Dingjun Mountain? What would be the consequences!"

"I set up camp and then established a defense line." Huang Zhong tried to analyze, but suddenly, he was shocked, "No...if this Wei army really establishes a defense line, even if it is the lord's food route and retreat route It’s all gone…”

"Isn't this a last-ditch battle?" Zhang Fei opened his mouth hurriedly.

Huang Zhong frowned, "Ma Su thought the same thing when he retreated to Dingjun Mountain..."

Well…

Zhang Fei suddenly felt something bad. He scratched his head and said, "Old Huang, what you mean is that if a defense line against Wei is really established at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, me and my brother will be finished!"

"That's probably it..." Huang Zhong's lips were trembling.

Who would have thought that as soon as he said these words, Zhang Fei stood up suddenly, picked up the eight-foot-long snake spear at the same time, and shouted towards the Shu army soldier who was resting: "Follow me if you can still breathe..."

"Yide? What do you want to do?" Huang Zhong shouted quickly.

Zhang Fei walked like wind, and while walking forward quickly, he shouted in response: "It's about my brother's life and death. Even if I risk my life, I have to intercept and kill this Wei army in Yangping Pass! We can't let them get it." Punishment!”

"But they have tens of thousands of people——"

Huang Zhong shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Hahaha..." Who would have thought that Zhang Fei laughed, and while laughing, his footsteps were fixed in place, but the hand holding the Zhangba Snake Spear added a little more strength. In the wanton laughter, he said:

"Back then, under the Dangyang Bridge at Changbanpo, I faced tens of thousands of Cao's troops alone. At that time, I roared three times and took away a young general from Cao's camp?"

Uh...

As these words came out, Zhang Fei had already led the way to the entrance of Dingjun Mountain.

The setting sun stretched his back long and narrow, and his sonorous and powerful steps seemed to be writing a line of shining big characters:

-Even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!

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…(End of this chapter)