Chapter 435: Sending troops to Hanzhong(1/2)
Liu Xuande's troops entered Yizhou and seized the family business of his fellow clan Liu Zhang.
However, this kind of thing is normal in troubled times. If you don’t take away other people’s things, you will be taken away by others.
Of course, Wang Xiao sent people to promote Liu Bei's tricks and robbery everywhere, which is also a normal operation.
Liu Bei, who took over Yizhou, did not pause at all. After temporarily reconciling with Sun Quan, he directly attacked Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.
Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong for many years and his power was deeply rooted. Unfortunately, his troops were in peace all year round. He was not the opponent of Liu Xuande's battle-ridden soldiers.
When they defeated Hanzhong, they joined forces with Ma Chao, who had been defeated by Wang Xiao before.
When he learned that the Han Dynasty emperor was deposed, Liu Bei first joined the Hanzhong King in Hanzhong. Then he returned to Chengdu and ascended the throne to establish Shu Han.
Of course, Wang Xiao couldn't bear this kind of thing.
He called himself a widow, and then he would compete with him.
If you don’t hit him, wouldn’t you be laughed to death by the people of the world?
Boss Cao went to Yecheng to take care of his old age, and by the way, he looked at the old YinX. The others now defected to Wang Xiao's command.
However, there were no top strategists like Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, etc., and Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others were unwilling to fight against the old master. Wang Xiao had no top strategists around him for a while.
Guo Jia and Deng Zhicai died early, and Cheng Yu was over seventy years old and could not stop his expedition.
The only people Wang Xiao can rely on now are Zhong Yao and Liu Ye and others.
If this matches Brother Zhu, I don’t know if I can win.
After careful consideration, Wang Xiao finally decided to send troops.
His confidence comes from himself. I have experienced many battles and have fought more battles than Brother Pig has eaten. Can't I beat Brother Pig?
Xu Shu built the new capital of Luoyang, Pang Tong, Chen Yu and others maintained their daily official duties in Xudu, Cao Zhang and others guarded the northern part of the country to deter the grassland, and Zhang Liao and others to intimidate Jiangdong.
The rest of the people, Wang Xiao, were pulled out to Hanzhong by the person who could be mobilized.
Before leaving, Wang Xiao called all the women around him to have dinner together.
"This expedition is of great significance. I don't want to hear bad news about the uneasy thing in the back home."
Wang Xiao sat upright at the main seat, looking around at the women sitting on both sides. "The family affairs are mainly based on the queen's meaning. If anyone is disobedient and wants to make trouble, it will be a matter of hitting a board when I come back."
Sun Shangxiang, who is famous in Jiangdong, took the initiative to salute like an angry young wife and said yes, and I know.
The young Bai Lingjun obviously lacked experience. When she realized that she had already glared at her, "Especially if you dare to be foolish, I will hang you up and beat you up."
Bai Lingjun curled his lips and muttered, "It seems like you've beaten less."
Wang Xiao is too lazy to pay attention to such people who like to slander people innocence out of thin air.
After instructing Zhen Mi to take good care of her family affairs, Wang Xiao could finally concentrate on the decisive battle.
Wang Xiao was not interested in fighting a decades-long war of attrition with the Eastern Wu of Shu Han and Dongwu. With this time and energy, he probably had already opened up the Western Regions and even went south to India.
His plan is to decide the outcome in one battle.
By attacking Hanzhong, attracting the main force of Liu Bei's army to help, and by fighting and defeating it, you can defeat Liu Bei's main force.
After that, it will be much easier to seize Jingzhou.
When Liu Bei was finished, Sun Hundred Wan of Dongwu would be dead.
Wang Xiao made sufficient preparations.
First, mobilize troops, and basically all those who can fight are gathered to fight.
The second is to transport food and grass. Hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and even larger numbers of civilians. Every day, people eat horses and chew astronomical numbers.
Wang Xiao does not have the abilities of the protagonists who often carry millions or even tens of millions of troops around the world and don’t even need to drink saliva.
He mobilized grain from all over the country to transport it to Chang'an City for storage. These grains were the foundation of war.
The third is to open a warehouse. The various supplies that Cao Cao had prepared for many years were transported to Chang'an City like flowing water.
There are countless weapons, armor, carriages, tents, pots, pans, etc.
There are many mountains in Hanzhong, and there is only a narrow and difficult road to Shu when entering Shu. It is impossible for two armies to fight on the Great Plains, and the winner will be decided within one day.
In the long-term confrontation, food and supplies must be absolutely indispensable.
Because there are too many things, it took several months to transport these supplies to Chang'an City.
Fortunately, the army set out from Xudu and passed Hangu Pass and arrived at Chang'an City without any trouble.
Wang Xiao came to Chang'an City again.
However, the Chang'an City I saw this time was probably the most dilapidated.
Since Liu Xiu established his capital in Luoyang, Guanzhong has gradually become ruined.
The once majestic and magnificent Chang'an City of Han gradually covered up its glory under the erosion of time.
An additional explanation.
During the Qin Dynasty, this was Xianyang City. During the Han Dynasty, it was Chang'an City, and in the Sui and Tang Dynasties it was Daxing City.
These cities are very close, almost an equilateral triangle. They are roughly near Longshouyuan.
Moreover, the ruins in the front were still visible during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, similar to those in the Round Garden.
The army stationed around Chang'an, and Wang Xiao also went to the ruins of Xianyang City and Afang Palace to commemorate them.
Although it is not the same world, it is essentially the same.
Seeing the place where he lived and fought, it turned into a barren land with wild animals and overgrown weeds. Wang Xiao felt very uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty is recalling the Qin Emperor and Han Wu?"
When I go out, I still go out to fight. Of course, I can’t take women around me, so I have to bring a supporting actor to relieve my boredom.
He assisted Mingjun and finally succeeded in taking office. Now Yang Xiu is simply full of energy.
Wang Xiao looked at the broken bricks and tiles of Afang Palace and said with his back, "I have seen Emperor Qin, but he is indeed a talented man. I have never seen the words of Han Wu. But I guess he has a chance."
Yang Xiu, who was full of energy, felt as uncomfortable as if he had been given a plaster on his face.
He wanted to expose Wang Xiao's lies and told him that Zulong had been dead for four hundred years. But he was afraid of Wang Xiao's identity, for fear that he would be repaired if he said something and corrected Wang Xiao's mistake.
This complex mentality of wanting to show off but afraid of taking punishment makes Yang Xiu feel as uncomfortable as a monkey catching him.
Wang Xiao had such a clever eye strength. Yang Xiu lifted his hooves, and he knew what the guy who didn't even have the door on his mouth wanted to say.
"I don't know." Wang Xiao turned around and held the sword with one hand and walked slowly. "I have indeed seen Zulong, and I even know what shape his beard is."
"Ha~he~~" Yang Xiu smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty is a true dragon, and it is also a matter of being the one who has seen the Ancestral Dragon."
Wang Xiao rolled his eyes. The real dragon was born. Have you ever seen a real dragon that has been busy for so long and has not even run away from the organization.
"Do you want to meet Zulong?"
Wang Xiao's words made Yang Xiu's calves tremble. He thought Wang Xiao wanted him to die.
"This... I want to see Zulong, I can see it when I go to Mount Li." Yang Xiu wiped his sweat beads and quietly praised himself in his heart.
After stopping, Wang Xiao turned around and looked at him in surprise, "You are very brave. You dare to go to Mount Li to see Zulong. Are you not afraid that he will say that you have a fate with me when he sees you? Then take you down Mount Li to live?"
Yang Xiu thought about that scene and shivered all over his body. His head was shaking like a rattle.
After scaring Yang Xiu, Wang Xiao felt refreshed. The depressed emotions before were swept away.
He came straight to Chang'an City and headed straight to Weiyang Palace without hesitation.
This magnificent palace built by Xiao He, even after hundreds of years, still gives people a feeling of magnificent aura.
At this moment, Wang Xiao even had the idea of moving the capital to come here.
However, at this time, Chang'an City was destroyed, and two-thirds of the city's area was the palace. In addition, the places occupied by other yamen have almost no room for the people to survive.
If a new Daxing City was built like Yang Jian, it would not be completed in ten or twenty years.
Therefore, it is better to repair Luoyang City.
The palaces and temples in the Qin and Han dynasties pursued magnificence.
At first glance, you can be powerful without anger, just like the Heavenly Palace, which gives people strong psychological pressure.
The palaces in later generations were exquisite. The carving galleries and painted buildings were very beautiful, but they were much worse in terms of majesty.
Sitting in Weiyang Palace, Wang Xiao closed his eyes.
The space here is extremely spacious, but it is equipped with clever echo devices and internal layout. You can hear the sound of talking even if it is very far away.
Just like now, Wang Xiao could hear it with his eyes closed. Yang Xiu was showing off his knowledge to the generals and was reciting Sima Xiangru's Afang Palace Fu.
Yang Xiu is suitable for living in the modern world.
Just based on his mouth, he started a live broadcast and called out Lao Tie Liuliu as a true Internet celebrity.
Before, in front of the ruins of Afang Palace, Wang Xiao recalled the magnificent atmosphere of the King of Qin swept Liuhe.
Sitting in Weiyang Palace at this time, what Wang Xiao thought was that the Han men went to the Western Regions and with the unparalleled courage in the world, they opened up a bridge between the East and the West.
"The Shu Han and the Eastern Wu must be resolved as soon as possible."
To be continued...