"Prime Minister!"
Jiang Tuo yelled, took two hurried steps, and held Zhuge Liang's hand tightly, with stars in his eyes.
He never expected that Zhuge Liang was the businessman from back then, appearing in front of him like this.
At this moment, he didn't care about his image and spoke excitedly to express his admiration.
Zhuge Liang smiled and listened to Jiang Tuo's chatter. After talking for a while, he said: "Okay, I won't run away. Let go of my hand first and let's talk properly."
Jiang Tuo then let go of his hand and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, you also know that I am your fan. I can't help but think of you. Your strategies, your words and deeds, and your warm smile are in my heart... …”
"Okay, okay, no need to say more, I understand what you mean."
Zhuge Liang shook his head helplessly and said: "I came back to Shanggui this time to deal with government affairs. Secondly, I came here just to see you and ask your opinion on this battle."
"Ask me? What can I know?"
"You know a lot." Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, patted Jiang Tuo's shoulder, and said with emotion: "Since I became an official, I have seen countless talented people, but I have never seen a talent like you. It's very strange. Feel."
Hearing this, Jiang Tuo laughed: "Haha, you mean that those talented generals are not as good as me?"
Zhuge Liang did not refute, but said calmly: "Yes, genius is just the threshold for chasing you. You have done so many things in Qingshui County, even I am not necessarily better than you."
Zhuge Liang asked Jiang Tuo to accompany him all the way to the Shu army camp. There were already many people inside, including counselors and generals arranged in two rows. They had never seen Jiang Tuo and could not help but look at him curiously.
"This is the greatest contributor to our Shu army." Zhuge Liang made the final decision and said with a smile: "If Jiang Tuo had not provided food, grass and iron weapons in this battle, our army would have been defeated."
After that, Zhuge Liang took the initiative to introduce Jiang Tuo: "This is Deng Zhi, Wang Ping, Gao Xiang, Wu Yi, Zhang Xiu, Li Sheng, Huang Xi..."
Looking at the famous generals in history, all standing in front of him at this moment, Jiang Tuo felt indescribably excited.
"Now that Wei has suffered a disastrous defeat and lost Yongliang and other places, the government and the public will be shaken. I think Cao Rui will definitely send troops to attack. If nothing else happens, Sima Yi should lead the troops. Sima Yi is a scheming man and has to be on guard."
Zhuge Liang paused and said, "You said, Jiang Tuo will lead 30,000 troops, and General Feng Zhendong, with Deng Zhi and Wang Ping as his deputy, will go to Sanguan to set up a defense line to resist the Wei army led by Sima Yi. How about this arrangement?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.
Jiang Tuo?
Everyone looked at Jiang Tuo in surprise. Are you kidding me? Jiang Tuo is so young, so you can trust him with such a heavy responsibility?
You must know that the Wei State is Sima Yi. If Sima Yi is not blocked and the Wei army is allowed to advance straight in, the territory that was finally won will have to be given away again.
What did the Prime Minister think?
Even Jiang Tuo's head was buzzing at the moment. He thought about being a general, and he also thought about being a counselor, but he never thought about it... As soon as he defected to the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister asked him to fight against Sima Yi... Was this trust or death?
"Prime Minister, you absolutely must not!"
Deng Zhi took the lead and said: "Prime Minister, Sanguan is the northwest gate. Wei general Sima Yi is also good at planning. We should send a mature and prudent general to guard it, but... But Mr. Jiang is so young, how can he take on such a big responsibility?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled and said: "When I was just starting out, I was less than 30 years old. The late emperor did not consider his youth as a minister, so he gave me the sword seal to command the entire army to face the enemy. So, as long as I have the ability, what does it matter if I am young?"
Everyone is speechless, and not everyone has your talent.
"But Mr. Jiang doesn't know soldiers... He has just joined our Shu army and is not familiar with the cooperation between the arms. Those corps commanders, commanders, and centurions may not obey his orders."
"That's right, Prime Minister, please consider it seriously!"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled lightly and said gently: "It seems that Jiang Tuo is indeed not suitable to lead an army."
Then you say a hammer.
The generals were muttering in their hearts. Just now they really thought that the Prime Minister was going to give Jiang Tuo 20,000 soldiers to resist Sima Yi.
Fortunately, the Prime Minister was joking.
"Sima Yi is cautious and patient... If he leads troops to attack, it will indeed be a big hidden danger. So, I will personally lead troops to Sanguan to fight Sima Yi."
Hearing this, everyone was immediately relieved.
"As for matters in Liangzhou..." Zhuge Liang looked at Jiang Tuo and said, "I appointed Jiang Tuo as the governor of Liangzhou to handle all affairs in Liangzhou on my behalf. All generals in Liangzhou must obey his orders."
"What?!"
Everyone's hearts suddenly rose, and they looked at Zhuge Liang in disbelief, their eyes almost popping out!
What's going on?
Jiang Tuo suddenly became the prime minister's agent, responsible for handling Liangzhou affairs?
You know, the situation in Liangzhou is even more complicated than the dispersal of the customs. Whether it is comforting wounded soldiers, settling prisoners, post-war reconstruction, and people living in peace... these various affairs are so complicated that there is no clue. How can they be left to Jiang Tuo?
More importantly, all generals within Liangzhou must also listen to Jiang Tuo's orders.
How virtuous and capable is he? His official position directly surpassed that of most generals.
Did we hear wrongly?
The generals' eyes widened and they looked up in disbelief at Zhuge Liang, who was sitting at the head. At this moment, not only did they not believe their ears, they also didn't believe their own eyes.
The Prime Minister must be possessed by a ghost.
Zhu Tuo was also very shocked. In terms of military exploits and qualifications, he was not as good as most of the people here. He thought he would stay by the Prime Minister's side and make suggestions for him.
But...he had just defected to the Prime Minister, and he was actually entrusted with such an important responsibility.
"Prime Minister... isn't this appropriate?"
"Jiang Tuo has no qualifications and no military exploits. It is really not appropriate to serve as the governor of Yongzhou."
Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, and when the general below was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he continued: "So, give him my sword seal. If I come in person, I can kill him first and then show him!"
Ga!
What?
Did the Prime Minister give all his sword seals to this boy? !
How virtuous and capable is he?
Wu Yi seemed unable to believe what was happening in front of him. He raised his hand, slapped her, and murmured to himself: "It doesn't hurt. It seems that I must be dreaming. It must be a dream."
"Wu Yi, what are you doing? Is there something wrong? Why are you slapping me in the face?" Zhang Xiu jumped up and cursed.
"Everyone, after I leave with my army, I hope you can cooperate sincerely to run Yongzhou well and not cause chaos in Yongzhou."
"yes!"
Zhuge Liang had unparalleled prestige in the army, so although these generals were not convinced, they did not dare to argue and could only clasp their fists and leave.
After everyone left, Zhuge Liang said gently: "I know you have many doubts in your heart, and I don't understand why you should be appointed as the governor of Yongzhou..."
Jiang Tuo frowned: "Prime Minister, is there no one available to you?"
Zhuge Liang paused, then shook his feather fan and said: "I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers under my command, and I also have good ministers and counselors. How can I say that there is no one left?"
Jiang Tuo said helplessly: "Prime Minister, you have many generals under your command, but most of them are military generals. And those civil servants and counselors are mostly from the Yizhou faction. They tend to defend the status quo and are not willing to conquer."
"So, you didn't bring many civil servants with you on this expedition. Now that we have captured so many cities, there are not enough civil servants at all. If we use a large number of surrendered generals, we are afraid that they will defect to Wei again."
Zhuge Liang's eyes became brighter and brighter as he looked at Jiang Tuo.
"So you can only pick up the taller ones from the short ones. You use me because I am familiar with Yongliang and have the qualifications to govern Qingshui County. So you gave Yongzhou to me because you want me to stabilize the rear, right?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "What you see is the second level, and you imagine me as the first level. In fact, I am on the fifth level. I made you the governor of Yongzhou because you are resourceful, courageous, and brave." …”
"What's more important is that you can gather people... The situation in Yongzhou is complicated now, and there are undercurrents of forces from all sides. Only talented people like you can govern Yongzhou properly!"
Zhuge Liang shook his head, feeling a little emotional in his heart.
But Jiang Tuo was very excited and asked eagerly: "What else? What else?"
"Besides, you are still young and there is still room for growth in the future. If you can manage Yongzhou well this time, you will gain a lot of knowledge. In another twenty years, you will definitely become the backbone of the Shu Han Dynasty, revive the Han Dynasty, and return the old capital. It must be you!”
Jiang Tuo was immediately overjoyed and said proudly: "The Prime Minister is right. Who else can govern Yongzhou than me?!"
"The Prime Minister knows astronomy from the top, geography from the bottom, and he is also good at judging people. He can see so many advantages in me at a glance!"
"Then Yongzhou will be left to you!"
"Prime Minister, don't worry!"
