When Fei Yi arrived at Yanguan, Wei Ba was preparing to attack Linhe County.◎Literature Museum r />

Linhe County was originally part of Cangwu County. Because of its geography, Sun Quan divided it and listed it as a separate county. Among the five ridges, Linhe County is located between the Du Pangling and Mengzhu Mountains, and there is a southern gate in the county. Linshui, Heshui, and Xiaoshui flowing north. Linhe County is very close to Guangxin, the capital of Cangwu County. If Linhe County is controlled, it is equivalent to blocking one of the five channels between the north and the south. If Wei Ba could If you control Linhe County, then the west of Cangwu will be owned by him. Then you can head east and you can take Nanhai County directly.

Jiaozhou is vast, nearly 3,000 miles from east to west, but there are not many truly rich places. It is a section that starts from Panyu, Nanhai County in the east and from Hepu County in the west to Hepu County in the west, and controls this area of ​​about 500 or 600 miles. It is equivalent to controlling the most developed part of Jiaozhou, and other places can be almost negligible.

In addition, Linhe has another place that Wei Ba cannot ignore. There are mountains in the northern part of Jiaozhou, with five ridges lying across it, which is a natural barrier. The only way to pass through the army is the valley between the five ridges. To garrison troops, you must have food. , If you want food, you need to have arable land. The Wuling area has many water systems and is not short of food, but there is not much flat arable land. All valleys with arable land have become strategic areas, such as Yulin and Linhe.

Wei Ba is preparing to attack Linhe. If Zhu Ji does not come to rescue Linhe, he can easily take Linhe into his pocket. In this way, with the help of the remaining power of the Shi family and the reputation of the divine general, he can control Jiaozhou. In most wealthy areas, if Zhu Ji comes to rescue Linhe, it would be great that he could use Linhe's favorable terrain to annihilate Zhu Ji's cavalry and remove the sword hanging over his head.

Whether it was Shikuang, Jin Dongliu and others, they were very satisfied with Wei Ba's plan. They quickly formulated an action plan, and Shikuang began to contact the villagers in Cangwu and responded to Wei Ba's actions. They took over the next step. Cangwu made preparations in advance. Although Wei Ba did not agree to leave Cangwu County to the Shi family, there was no doubt that he could make most of the commercial profits with the foundation of the Shi family and using the geographical location of Cangwu County. Shi Kuang was the first to do so. Considering the future of the family, he is also very willing to help Wei Ba seize Cangwu.

"How is it, my plan is good, right?" Wei Ba said to Fei Yi with a smile.

Fei Yi picked up the teacup, took a big sip of tea, then wiped his mouth and asked anxiously: "Are you really going to give up Wuling and fight another mobile war with Sun Quan?"

"I'm not a mobile war." Wei Ba couldn't help laughing. "I can give Chenyang to Lu Xun, but it's just an empty city. He can take away the rice in the area of ​​Xupu at most. Do you dare to go into the mountain again? ?Sooner or later he will have to spit it out for me. I will take advantage of this time to conquer Jiaozhou and open up the business path. From now on, the business in Jiaozhou will be ours. Fei Jun, do you know that Shujin is a very popular and intimate product in the South China Sea? ”

Fei Yi glanced at Wei Ba and asked in confusion: "You are so happy, I'm afraid you are not as simple as attacking Linhe?"

Wei Ba looked at Guan Feng with guilt, touched his nose awkwardly, and put away his smile.

"Ziyu. I'm in a hurry to come here, for nothing else, just want to tell you the plan to deal with you." Fei Yi said Sun Quan's plan. Sun Quan did not hide this from him, on the contrary, Sun Quan wanted to do it. Warn Wei Ba through Fei Yi's mouth that if you continue to do it, you will not be able to take advantage of it anymore. Stop as soon as possible and sit down again to negotiate. This is your best choice.

"Sun Quan really respects me." Wei Ba was secretly alert. Lu Xun, Pan Jun, Zhu Ji, Zhou Bing. In addition, Zhuge Ke, who later took power alone, this formation was big enough.

"So, you have to be very careful. What you have to face is not Zhu Ji alone, but Zhuge Ke and Pan Jun. Although there are only enemies and we are not close to each other on the battlefield, Zhuge Ke is the Prime Minister's follower. Wan one……"

"Why aren't you worried that I will be injured by Zhuge Ke?" Wei Ba said angrily.

"Of course I don't want you to be injured by Zhuge Ke." Fei Yi said with confidence: "But in my opinion, Zhuge Ke is not your opponent at all. If you are injured by him, you deserve it and you will suffer."

"Hey, no, who are you talking for?" Wei Ba jokingly shouted: "You won't take Sun Quan's benefits, right?"

"I've collected it, there's a lot of it." Fei Yi laughed and joked: "Ziyu, you fought well, Sun Quan was polite to me. You don't know that he gave money and goods every few days, I'll keep it all. When you marry Miss Guan and enter the door, I'll give you a big gift."

Guan Feng blushed and said, "Fei Jun, he has no right shape, you can talk nonsense with him." She glared at Wei Ba who was giggling and said, "A gentleman's word is as good as a horse, you can't catch him. If I don’t give you a big gift, I can’t spare you. Whether it’s the Wei family or the Guan family, I have exhausted my savings for this battle, and I’m really waiting for the money.”

Fei Yi sweated coldly: "Don't worry, I will do what I say."

Everyone laughed.

After Wei Ba asked Sun Quan in detail about the deployment, he looked at the map for a long time, and finally said to everyone: "Since Sun Quan respects me so much, it seems that this is not a problem that can be solved in the short term. We need to make long-term plans. Rice harvesting The time is coming soon. We must seize as much territory as possible before harvesting. The battle between Guanzhong is about to come, and these rice is very important to us."

Fei Yi nodded with satisfaction. What he was most worried about was that Wei Ba only cared about himself and forgot that he was just a partial army. Now Wei Ba still remembers using Jiaozhou rice to support the war in Guanzhong, which means that he has the overall situation in his heart. As long as he has it in his heart In the overall situation, he will not just do whatever is hindered from state affairs.

"Linhe, I still want to take it, but it doesn't matter whether or not to kill Zhu Ji. My purpose is to block the Wu army that may go south and safely occupy Cangwu. The war in the South China Sea will be handled for the next step, and Dai Liang will not take the initiative to attack. I, I will ignore him for the time being." Wei Ba turned his head and bowed to Shi Kuang: "Sir, I will work hard this time to persuade you to surrender to Hepu, Cangwu, Gaoliang, and Zhuya counties."

Shi Kuang stroked his beard and nodded confidently: "General Ming, don't worry, many people still recognize my old face."

Wei Ba said to Jin Dongliu again: "Zhaoming, Chenyang has been lost, and Yulin is the only base we can count on at present. You must guard Yulin for me. With Yulin in hand, no matter what Linhe's war is happening. No matter what, I won’t feel nervous.”

Jin Dongliu bowed and accepted the order: "Please rest assured that the young master is there."

Wei Ba said to Fei Yi again: "Fei Jun. The journey is long, and I can't report to the Prime Minister for a while. I want to ask you to inform the surrender of the surrender as a military officer of the Prime Minister's Office. If possible, please arrange some businessmen. When I come to Yulin, I will arrange a batch of rice to be transported to Chengdu. Of course, they should not come empty-handedly, such as Shu brocade, lacquerware, etc., and the sales here are good."

Fei Yi grinned: "You want to borrow my hand and ask for more Shujin quota from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Wei Ba smiled: "Fei Jun is still smart. Just one thing is clear."

"Hmph, you can still hide your little care from me." Fei Yi knocked down Wei Ba's hand: "Don't worry, as long as it is a matter that is beneficial to the overall situation, I believe the Prime Minister will not object. But. Your family has several Don't push your private goods to me, I don't know anything."

Wei Ba and Guan Feng exchanged a look and laughed. During the period when Li Zhu entered the Wei family, he spent a lot of energy to improve the loom and improve the efficiency of brocade weaving. Now in the Wei Guan, Zhang, Zhao Sijia Manor Raw silk is basically not for sale. Some have to be purchased privately and directly weave it into finished products. However, the Prime Minister is strict, not only does the production of Shu brocade be controlled by the government, but sales cannot be carried out privately. Without the government's permission, sales will be It became a big problem. Wei Ba took advantage of the excuse of supporting the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition and of course he had to take all the Shu brocade in his warehouse to Jiaozhou for sale. Jiaozhou is the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, where merchants from the Western Regions purchased at high prices Shipping silk fabrics such as Shu brocade can make high profits when transported from Chengdu to this place. For the Wei family and Guan family, which need to be replenished in financial resources, this is a way to make money.

Fei Yi is a sensible person and knows the tricks here. He pointed out Wei Ba and just warned him not to do too much.

After making arrangements, Wei Ba set off immediately. He left five thousand people for Jin Dongliu and led more than six thousand people to Linhe. Because the strategic goals had changed, he no longer rushed to capture Linhe. The pressure is much smaller invisibly, so I will be much more relaxed when making arrangements.

From Yanguan to pass through Shizi Mountain and Yanghai Mountain, and then along the southern foot of Dupangling, you will enter the border of Linhe County. The hardships along the way are beyond words, even though Wei Ba's The subordinates were all barbarians who were familiar with the mountains. After half a month of march, everyone was still exhausted.

As soon as we entered Linhe County, Wei Ba received a report from the scout: Linhe County is very vigilant, as if it is facing a great enemy. The cavalry commander Zhuge Ke has already entered Linhe County, with a force of about 3,000. The city defense is very tight, and the city is suspended. There are newly built fortresses on the surrounding mountains. Of course, it is not difficult to remove these fortresses, but it is unlikely to get close to Linhe quietly.

Wei Ba was very surprised. Zhuge Ke was a man with a bad reputation in later generations, which was roughly equivalent to Zhao Kuo who was talking big. Fei Yi did not have a high opinion of Zhuge Ke. He said that he had too much talent, had great ambitions and was good at power and fraud. , he was not like his loyal father Zhuge Jin at all. Fei Yi reminded Wei Ba that his purpose was to make Wei Ba not kill Zhuge Ke as much as possible, but did not regard Zhuge Ke as Wei Ba's opponent.

But from the current situation, Zhuge Ke is not useless. He was ordered to guard Guiyang and actually came to Linhe. Judging from his courage and vision, he was obviously not as simple as boasting.

"Since he took the lead, we might as well show our banner and come up with a dignified formation." Wei Ba simply stopped hiding his whereabouts, and walked out of the valley in a big way, headed down the water, and rushed straight to Fuchuan County (now Zhongshan County) .

There are no guards in Fuchuan County, basically just an empty city. Wei Ba took Fuchuan without much effort. He entered the city and then sent someone to send a letter to Zhuge Ke. I'm here, let's make an appointment. , Whether to drink tea or fight, it's up to you.

After receiving Wei Ba's letter of war, Zhuge Ke sneered: "It is said that Wei Ba's use of troops is superb, but I can't even see my plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. What's the cleverness?" He immediately sent someone to Zhu

When Ji delivered a letter, Wei Ba had already entered Linhe. He asked Zhu Ji to arrive at Xie Mu immediately, cut off Wei Ba's retreat, and then attacked Wei Ba and killed him in Linhe County.
Chapter completed!