readx; Yizhou, Chengdu.

In the governor's office, Pang Tong was sitting on his desk dealing with the official documents of the past few days, which were all sent by the new county magistrates from various places, and many of them mentioned the obstacles encountered in governance.

Yizhou was initially decided, and the situation was not very stable, after all, Liu Yan, Liu Zhang, father and son had deep roots in Yizhou, and it was impossible to clear it in a short time.

In the past year, Yizhou has experienced two turmoils in succession, first Zhang Fei Chaoshu, and then Pang Tong and others pacified it, the war brought great panic to the people of Yizhou, so that the society is not stable, and some lawbreakers also took the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, robbed homes and houses, and stole peaks everywhere.

However, fortunately, the wars took place in the dangerous places of Yizhou, and at those important passes, although the people panicked, they did not displace, but the appearance of thieves brought great disasters to the people, and those thieves did not pay any attention to morality, and killed people when they saw them, and robbed them when they saw them, which brought great harm to the whole society.

And some local heroes also took the opportunity to rise up, and joined forces with thieves, which was rampant.

For this reason, the first thing Pang Tong did when he took over Yizhou was to send troops to attack those thieves. After more than two months of encirclement and suppression, the number of thieves in Yizhou decreased a lot, but the remnants of the forces gathered together, began to wander to confront the government, went deep into the barren mountains and mountains, and fought guerrilla warfare with the government, and finally many small forces gathered into a big force, wandering in the area of Ba County and Hanzhong, occupying Daba Mountain, and the government and the government were dealing with each other.

Daba Mountain is located at the junction of Ba County and Hanzhong, and happens to be at the junction of Jingzhou, Yizhou and Yongzhou, is a three-regardless zone, thieves flow here, if forced too quickly, Pang Tong is afraid that his dog will jump over the wall in a hurry, and run away into the danger of Jingzhou and Yongzhou, if it really comes to that time, I am afraid it will become the hidden danger of Sanzhou.

But if you ignore it, you are afraid that the people in the vicinity will suffer again. It really made Pang Tong very difficult.

Pang Tong glanced at the official document sent yesterday, and the person he sent to block Daba Mountain replied with a message, because Daba Mountain is too large, all roads into and out of the mountain should be blocked. Not at all. Moreover, Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain, Shennong Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Jingshan are connected into a line, and together form the Daba Mountain Range, which is northwest and southeast, bordering Hanshui in the north, near the Yangtze River in the south, Hanshui in the east and Dahong Mountain in the east. The Jialing River in the west is opposite to the Motianling, and the northeast, southeast and southwest are connected with the Nanyang Basin, the Jianghan Plain and the Chengdu Plain respectively, which is really difficult to control.

This is the most headache for Pang Tong, compared to those powerful families in Yizhou, it is much more difficult to deal with, in order to exterminate this gang of thieves, Pang Tong really put in a lot of effort, but he just can't get his wish, as if someone is deliberately doing against him, and this person who is against him is very good.

Chinese New Year. Pang Tong left the army to guard Daba Mountain, and he went back to Chengdu first to deal with the official documents squeezed in Chengdu, and then approved it little by little, day and night, and finally completed today.

Pang Tong yawned, stretched his waist, and finally approved all the official documents today, but there was no sense of relief on his shoulders, the matter of the gang of thieves in Daba Mountain. It has been haunting his mind, and if he doesn't solve this matter, he's afraid he'll just have trouble sleeping.

"Your Excellency!" A guard walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand. He bowed respectfully to Pang Tong, and then said, "Nanzhong urgent." ”

"Show me!" Pang Tong is also very concerned about the situation in Nanzhong, but in the past month, he has been busy encircling and suppressing thieves, but he has ignored the problem of Nanzhong.

Pang Tong tore open the envelope. took out the letter and looked at it hurriedly, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he said slowly: "The counterinsurgency army in Nanzhong has run out of food, this is a letter of grain borrowing written to me by General Zhang, hoping to transfer some grain and grass from Chengdu to meet the needs of emergencies." ”

The guard said: "The counterinsurgency army has been in Nanzhong for almost two months, with the prestige and ability of the general of the chariot cavalry, why can't Nanzhong be pacified for a long time?" It has actually fallen to the point of running out of food. ”

Pang Tong said: "In the wilderness of Nanzhong, miasma is rampant, and the road is difficult to walk, but I'm afraid that General Zhang is not very adaptable." Go and call the master bookkeeper, and I have something to ask him. ”

"Whoa!"

After a while, the chief bookkeeper Wang Ti walked in from the outside, and as soon as he entered the hall, he bowed to Pang Tong and said, "See your lord!" ”

"No need to be polite, Lord Wang, please take a seat!" Pound said politely.

Wang Lei is a famous scholar in Yizhou, and he is also a strategist around Liu Zhang, after surrendering to the Han army, Pang Tong entrusted him with an important task and handed over the post of chief secretary to him.

Although the position of the chief secretary of the state pastoral mansion is slightly lower, it is an important official position with money and food in hand, and Pang Tong handed over this position to Wang Lei, which shows his trust in Wang Lei.

Wang Lei also lived up to Pang Tong's recommendation, and as soon as he took office, he showed his strength, turned over some old accounts of the main bookkeeper, and inquired about the omissions, and made up for them one by one, and worked very seriously.

"I don't know why the adults asked me to come?" As soon as Wang Lei sat down, he asked.

Pang Tong asked, "How much grain is still in the treasury?" ”

"Less than 200,000 stones!"

After hearing this, Pang Tong's brows couldn't help frowning, when he first decided on Yizhou, he had calculated the treasury, and there was at least 500,000 stone of grain in the treasury, and in less than two months, the grain in the treasury had been reduced so much.

Wang Lei seemed to see Pang Tong's thoughts, and hurriedly explained: "When the adults first decided on Yizhou, there were still 500,000 stones of grain stored in the treasury, but in the past two months, there have been famines everywhere, and the adults opened warehouses to release nearly 100,000 stones, and in the process of crusading against thieves, they also consumed nearly 100,000 stones. There are currently less than 200,000 stones of grain and grass in the treasury, and if you don't believe it, you can appoint someone to inspect it. ”

"You are thoughtful, and what do I not believe? When you go back today, you will allocate 100,000 stone of grain and grass, and then hand it over to us, and I will naturally send troops to escort this batch of grain and grass. ”

Wang Lei asked, "Dare to ask my lord, where will this batch of grain and grass be sent?" ”

"Nanchu!" Pang Tong said, "The army led by Zhang Liao is already on the verge of running out of food, and if we don't send food over, I'm afraid that the counterinsurgency army will be in danger." ”

"But, 100,000 stones is too much?" Wang Lei asked.

"The food consumed in the war is several times that of usual, and 100,000 stone of grain is only enough for them to last for a month or two. Okay, you go get ready! ”

Wang Lei let out a "whoosh" and retreated. At this time, Pang Tong's personal guards walked in from outside, hugged their fists towards Pang Tong and said, "My lord, Ma Chao asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

After a short time, Ma Chao walked from the outside of the hall to the hall, and as soon as he entered the hall, he said to Pang Tong: "Prison army, when are you going to attack that gang of thieves?" ”

Ma Chao pretended to be sick and successfully left Nanzhong, but he went to Yizhou, in Pang Tong's eyes, he didn't take advantage of it at all, and pretending to be sick was also seen by Pang Tong, Pang Tong ostensibly let Ma Chao continue to recuperate, but in fact put Ma Chao under house arrest.

The little bit of flowery intestines in Ma Chao's stomach is not enough for Pang Tong to see, he tried his best several times, wanting to get out of Chengdu, but he was suppressed by Pang Tong, and he stayed in Chengdu to "recuperate", and he didn't give Ma Chao a chance to go out alone at all.

Ma Chao also thought that he couldn't fight Pang Tong, so he simply stopped pretending to be sick, and it happened that bandits were everywhere in Yizhou, so he came to ask for his life many times, wanting to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and then find an opportunity to slip away, but he was always seen through by Pang Tong, not only did he not relax his vigilance, but he was more and more closely guarded, and even went to the toilet with someone to follow.

Pang Tong glanced at Ma Chao and asked, "Is General Ma's injury healed?" ”

Ma Chao nodded heavily and said, "It's already good, the same as before." ”

Pang Tong said: "Okay, it's good." General Ma, you ask me when I'm going to fight thieves and what's going on? ”

Ma Chao said: "I know that adults who are tortured by these bandits have trouble sleeping and eating, and it just so happens that my injuries are also healed, if you want to fight those bandits again, remember to take me with you, I can take the head of the general among the ten thousand armies, forgive him little thief, what can he do to compete with me?" Maybe we'll be able to wipe out the bandits this time! ”

After Pang Tong heard this, he didn't have any expression on his face, but said to Ma Chao: "I understand what General Ma means, if I go to attack the bandits, I will definitely take you." ”

Ma Chao saw that Pang Tong was treating him lukewarmly, and he knew that he was bored, so he hugged his fist, turned around and left.

Pang Tong looked at Ma Chao's distant back, sighed heavily, and said slowly: "It's a pity, such a good general, from now on, I'm afraid that I will die alone......"

Regarding the issue of Ma Chao, Pang Tongyi did not dare to make his own decisions, so he asked Zhang Yan to make a decision, and Zhang Yan gave him a secret order to monitor Ma Chao, not to let him return to Xiliang, let alone go to the battlefield again, and even to prevent him from contacting outsiders.

These days, Ma Chao feels extremely lonely, but there is nothing he can do, he thought that he had taken a clever move, and he wanted to return to Xiliang and regain control of the army.

But now, he is under house arrest in Chengdu, and everything will come to naught.

Ma Chao was unwilling, but he was helpless, even if he could kill him with his own strength, but it was also difficult to go to Liangzhou alone.

At this moment, Ma Chao's heart is very complicated, the army he brought was dismantled, and after his brother Ma Dai sent him to Chengdu, he was transferred away, and there was no one around him, if he continued like this, he could only do this in his life. For this reason, Ma Chao thought a lot, thought about it, and decided to give it a go, even if he died, he would die more tragically, and it would be better than spending his days here. What's more, he may not die! (To be continued.) )

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