Compared with the army of Bashu, the development of Jingnan is a trivial matter.
Liu Bei warmly received Fa Zheng, and at the same time, under Fa Zheng's persuasion, he agreed to go to Sichuan to help Liu Zhang.
Of course, this is a superficial process, but in fact it is quite interesting.
Entering Sichuan is an established strategy. Not only Jiangdong wants to enter Sichuan, but Liu Bei also wants to enter Sichuan, so entering Sichuan is certain.
But instead of taking advantage of this opportunity to enter Sichuan to seek Yizhou, Liu Bei was somewhat hesitant.
After all, on the one hand, Liu Bei was worried that Yizhou would not be easy to capture, and on the other hand, he was also worried about the opposition of the locals in Yizhou.
In response to this, Fazheng, this guy, jumped right in front of Liu Bei.
When Fazheng saw Liu Bei's hesitation, he immediately asked Liu Bei to talk secretly. Then his first move was to show Zhang Song's private letter to Liu Bei.
Zhang Song praised Liu Bei in a private message, and said that Bashu had been suffering from Liu Zhang for a long time, and he hoped that Emperor Ming would come to Sichuan to save the people. If Emperor Liu's uncle came to Sichuan, he, Zhang Song, would be willing to help.
This is the stance of the Yizhou local faction.
Immediately afterwards, Fazheng expressed his expectations for Liu Bei on behalf of the Dongzhou faction. At the same time, he told Liu Bei that once he entered Sichuan, Meng Da, a representative of the Dongzhou faction, would personally lead the army to support him.
Finally, Fazheng said to Liu Bei, "Use the talents of General Ming to take advantage of Liu Mu's cowardice. Zhang Song, the state's stronghold, responds to the internal situation; then benefit the state's Yin rich and Feng Tianfu's dangers, and use this to achieve success, just like Backhand."
Liu Bei was really surprised, wondering how Liu Zhang had managed to get around these years.
Why do people from the Yizhou and Dongzhou factions want him to step down and get out? !
But no matter how Liu Zhang got around, the conditions are so good now. If Liu Bei didn't join Sichuan, he would be too sorry for himself and the "Longzhong Dual" formulated by Zhuge Liang for himself.
Liu Bei immediately gathered his men and held a military meeting to discuss the matter of entering Sichuan.
Zhang Xi, who was reclaiming swamps in Changsha and preparing for the autumn harvest, naturally received the notice to participate in the military meeting. He immediately handed over the reclamation matter to Pan Jun and headed to Jiangling with Kou Feng.
Kou Feng also received the notice and was going to the military conference.
At the same time, in Jingnan, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others also received the notice and headed to Jiangling.
Liu Bei's territory is getting bigger and bigger, and now it takes several days to hold a military meeting. Unlike before, when the meeting was called in the morning, everyone gathered in the afternoon.
It took five or six days for Zhang Xi and Kou Feng to arrive in Jiangling. They first went to Zhuge Liang's mansion and learned about the purpose of Liu Bei's military meeting.
As soon as he heard that he was going to Sichuan, Zhang Xi immediately understood that what was supposed to come would eventually come.
No wonder Kou Feng was called here. After all, Kou Feng really became famous when he entered Sichuan.
Of course, there is also the old boy Wei Yan, who was like a rocket after entering Sichuan. He went from being a minor to becoming the sole governor of Hanzhong.
Knowing what happened, Zhang Xi calmed down.
But Kou Feng was unsettled.
Although, being the garrison general in Changsha is considered to be a job of his own.
But, unless Liu Bei's group falls out with Sun Quan, there really will be no military success in Changsha.
Kou Feng was still young and wanted to make achievements on the battlefield, but he did not want to retire in Changsha. Therefore, he kept asking Zhang Xi to help him speak at the military meeting to see if he could let his lord take him to Sichuan.
Zhang Xi refused to agree to this bastard, and wanted to dry him out, while also tempering this kid's temperament.
Last time, this kid still acted like a fool, which is not good.
If everything develops according to history, Kou Feng will also make great contributions in the process of entering Sichuan, and then be entrusted with the important task by Liu Bei to attack the three Shangyong counties during the Battle of Hanzhong and become a real defender.
With this kid's current temper and demeanor, if it reaches the mediocrity, he will inevitably cause trouble again, so he has to polish it off while there is still time.
So, if Kou Feng is anxious, let him be anxious. It's not a bad thing to temper him.
Zhang Xi and Kou Feng waited for two days in Jiangling. Finally, when everyone gathered, the military meeting was officially held.
At the military meeting, Liu Bei first briefly introduced the purpose of convening the military meeting, and then everyone offered suggestions and discussed the specific matters of entering Sichuan.
There is no need to discuss whether to enter Sichuan or not. What needs to be discussed is how to enter Sichuan.
The first is the size of the army.
Since the banner was to enter Sichuan to help Liu Zhang, he should not bring too many troops. Too many troops would arouse Liu Zhang's vigilance.
But it can't be too little, otherwise the soldiers who rely on Liu Zhang to supply you will really fight, and I don't know if anything will happen.
Therefore, Pang Tong’s suggestion is not to exceed 10,000, but not less than 5,000, and it is best to select elite soldiers to enter Sichuan.
Liu Bei accepted this.
Then came the generals who led the troops into battle.
It must not be generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who enter Sichuan, otherwise they would scare Liu Zhang half to death.
Therefore, he must be a general who is capable but not famous.
In this way, there are only a few generals in Liu Bei's army.
Wei Yan and Kou Feng must be taken with them. After all, both of them can stand alone, and they are indeed not famous. In terms of military positions, they are just school captains.
Liu Bei also wanted to take care of the Jingzhou faction's sentiments, so the veteran general Huang Zhong, as the representative of the Jingzhou generals, would also follow him to Sichuan. Among the newly elected Jingzhou generals, the more capable Huo Jun, Fu Kuang, and Zong Yu were also selected by Liu Bei. Enter Sichuan.
As for the decision-makers, Liu Bei himself will definitely go to Sichuan, and the person who assisted Liu Bei in going to Sichuan, Pang Tong as the mastermind, will definitely go to Sichuan, and the remaining Zhang Xi will also have to go.
Zhang Xi really didn't expect this.
Zhang Xi originally thought that there were still a lot of experimental fields to be developed in Changsha, and he couldn't leave at all, so he probably had no part in entering Sichuan.
But this matter was proposed by Zhuge Liang and agreed by Liu Bei personally, so there was no discussion.
It's not that Liu Bei insisted on Zhang Xi going, but Zhuge Liang was worried and insisted on letting Zhang Xi go with him.
Zhuge Liang is the big steward of Liu Bei's group, and he wants to keep an eye on this three-acre land in Jingzhou for Liu Bei, just in case, so he can't follow him to Yizhou this time.
This time he entered Sichuan under the banner of helping Liu Zhang, so famous generals could not follow him. In addition, Guan Yu wanted to guard Jiangling and Zhang Fei wanted to guard Yidu. Once Kou Feng and Wei Yan left, Zhao Yun would have to governor the four counties of Jingnan for defense, and he would not be able to leave at all.
Therefore, when Liu Bei entered Sichuan this time, the generals did not have much say. There was only Pang Tong as military advisor, and there was also Fazheng who was given away for free. It seemed that it was enough, but in fact Zhuge Liang was most worried.
Zhuge Liang trusted Pang Tong's strategy, but Pang Tong had a somewhat impatient personality. Once something went wrong, he would easily take advantage of him and use some dangerous strategies and tactics.
As for Fazheng, after all, he had just rebelled, and Zhuge Liang still didn't trust him too much.
Moreover, through several conversations with Fazheng, Zhuge Liang found that this man and Pang Tong were probably of the same moral character and liked to use some ingenious tricks. When these two people met, if no one pulled the reins or something, it would be easy for them to Take the lord to the ditch.
In short, Zhuge Liang just didn't feel reassured and asked Zhang Xi to follow him, which would at least make him a little more stable.
With Zhang Xi's temperament, sometimes even Zhuge Liang thinks that this person thinks too much and is too cautious, but now, it is the most suitable to put him in the Ruchuan team.
As for the transformation of Jingnan swamp that Zhang Xi is worried about, it is not important at all.
First, Liu Bei had not made a decision on whether to cooperate with the aristocratic family, so this matter, at least until Liu Bei pacified Xichuan, was still mainly a small-scale settlement.
Secondly, as for Zhang Xi's incident, he left a room full of bamboo slips and asked Pan Jun to take care of them. According to the old rules left by Zhang Xi, there is a high probability that there will be no problems.
Of course, it doesn't matter even if something goes wrong, Zhuge Liang already knows how to operate it anyway, and the worst he can do is micro-manage it himself.
In the field of government affairs, Zhuge Liang's level is definitely the best in the world.
Finally, Zhang Xi is a man of both literary and military skills. He can not only help Liu Bei make plans and watch over Pang, Tong, and Fazheng, but he can also personally lead troops in battle to make up for the lack of generals brought by Liu Bei.
So, after Zhuge Liang's repeated suggestions, Liu Bei still agreed to take Zhang Xi with him to Sichuan.
Zhang Xi's depressing one. The road into Sichuan Mountain was very difficult to walk, and in fact, Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan this time was not that safe.
The most important thing is that he has just returned home and his wife is still waiting for him, but she is leaving soon.
Sun Shangxiang was very dissatisfied with this and kept cursing Zhuge Liang at home.
Don’t blame Sun Shangxiang either.
Zhang Xi and Sun Shangxiang have been married for almost a year, but Sun Shangxiang's stomach doesn't react at all.
Of course, there was a reason why Zhang Xi was sent on a business trip for half a year, but Sun Shangxiang also wanted to leave a lasting impression on Zhang Xi as soon as possible.
I originally thought that when I returned to Jiangling this time, whether Zhang Xi stayed in Jiangling or continued to return to Changsha, Sun Shangxiang would be able to stay with Zhang Xi. Who would have thought that an order to enter Sichuan would come.
When traveling in the military, are you allowed to bring your family members with you? !
It's definitely not possible.
Therefore, Sun Shangxiang was quite dissatisfied. In the name of teaching martial arts in the backyard, he bullied and played with little Deng Ai all day long. Little Deng Ai was forced to do so. He begged his master not to let himself learn martial arts from his wife anymore. Let's go into Sichuan with him.
Don't tell me, Zhang Xi is really moved.
Little Deng Ai is already sixteen years old this year, and has begun to grow, becoming taller and taller.
In these days, joining the army at the age of sixteen is nothing new. Even Guan Ping, when he was fifteen, was led by Guan Yu to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
Therefore, it is actually not a bad thing for Zhang Xi to take little Deng Ai to Sichuan to experience military life.
Zhang Xi didn't intend to let little Deng Ai stay in the greenhouse all the time. He studied literature in the past few years, and it's time to practice his military abilities in the past few years.
So, Zhang Xi went to Xiao Deng Ai's home, visited Mrs. Deng, explained the situation, and tried to win Mrs. Deng's consent.
After all, Deng Ai was his only son. Zhang Xi did not dare to take little Deng Ai to Xichuan without asking his mother's opinion.
The road is too far.
Mrs. Deng has basically followed little Deng Ai everywhere in these years.
I moved from Xiling to Xiakou, and from Xiakou to Jiangling, and gradually got used to this kind of life.
After all, in troubled times, there is nothing we can do.
And because of Zhang Xi's relationship, Mrs. Deng has lived a good life in recent years. She even bought several pieces of land in Jiangling through Sun Shangxiang's relationship in Jiangdong, and raised several servants and maids. She also vaguely relived the past. The momentum in Dengjiacun is gone.
Therefore, Mrs. Deng was very grateful to Zhang Xi, and she no longer had the initial emergency attitude toward her son's apprenticeship with Zhang Xi.
Since Zhang Xi, the master, asked his son to follow him, all Mrs. Deng had to do was pack his bags.
In this way, little Deng Ai happily prepared to enter Sichuan with his master.
It's just that Sun Shangxiang is very unhappy.
(End of chapter)
