Three days later, Liu Bei formally held a military meeting to discuss the plan for the Northern Expedition.
At the meeting, Zhuge Liang formally proposed a new Northern Expedition plan to Liu Bei. After many discussions, it was agreed by most of the generals.
Although Liu Bei was not satisfied, after learning the specific situation of Chen Cangdao, he did not insist and temporarily adopted the Northern Expedition plan.
After that, Liu Bei started a series of personnel arrangements.
First, Jingzhou.
Guan Yu, a former general, led Jingzhou as a herdsman and took holidays.
Xu Shu was transferred from the prefect of Wuling to the prefect of Xiangyang to assist Guan Yu in the Nanyang strategy.
As for the defense of the Wuling area, Liu Bei made an exception and promoted Shi Bao to be the prefect of Wuling and garrisoned Wuling. At the same time, he ordered the prefect of Nanjun Wang Ji, the prefect of Jiangxia Wenpin, the prefect of Lingling Pan Jun, the public security guard Zhang Ren, and the Lukou guard general Zhou Tai and others. People, jointly defend Jiangdong.
Secondly, Yizhou.
General Li Hui of Anhan was promoted to the new governor of Xijiang, and governor of all affairs in Nanzhong.
Li Yan, the general who assisted the Han Dynasty, led the governor of Jiangyang. Zhao Yun, the former governor of Jiangyang and general of the Yi army, returned to Chengdu to listen to him.
Yidang bandit general Zong Pre led the governor of Brazil County, the former governor of Brazil County, and later general Zhang Fei returned to Chengdu to take charge.
General Ma Chao of the left returned to Didao, led his troops, and selected righteous cavalry from among the Qiang people, waiting to be called upon.
General Chen Dao returned to Yufu and marched westward to Chengdu with 10,000 white soldiers to form Liu Bei's central army.
The minister ordered Fa Zheng, the military advisor general Zhuge Liang, and the general Zhang Xi who promoted the Han Dynasty. They led the front with 20,000 troops and stationed in Hanzhong. They restrained Wei Yan, the prefect of Hanzhong, and prepared for the northern expedition.
The remaining ministries are at your disposal at any time and are ready to go out with the army.
After making all these arrangements, Liu Bei continued to sit in Chengdu, gathering troops and horses for training, preparing weapons and food, and preparing to go out at any time.
And Zhang Xi?
"I've just returned to Chengdu, and I'm about to go on an expedition. The King of Hanzhong is so good at summoning people!" Sun Shangxiang pouted and complained quite dissatisfied.
But Zhang Xi could only smile bitterly and was speechless.
Indeed, in the past two years, Zhang Xi has always been away fighting, and he has not spent time with his wife and children for a long time.
Now that Xiao Xuan'er and Xiao Zheng'er are no longer young, if Zhang Xi doesn't keep them company well, he might not recognize his father in the future.
But this is the Northern Expedition! ! !
Although it was not Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Liu Bei's Northern Expedition was more influential in a political sense than Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
If you don't participate in such a big event, it means that you are not important in Liu Bei's heart, right? !
Besides, they won't set off right away. It will take about a month or two for the former army to prepare, and there is still time to spend with Sun Shangxiang.
The worst he can do is be lazy and leave military matters to Zhuge Yutou.
He has been fighting abroad for these years, and during this time he is at home with his wife and children. This is human nature. Zhuge Liang should understand.
While he coaxes his wife well, he also has to deal with his concubine Xiaoba, who is actually quite easy to coax, but he has one grudge.
Xiaoba also wants a child.
In the past, Xiaoba used the so-called secret method to control Xiaoba in order not to give birth to the eldest son before his mistress, but now, Xiaoba no longer has such worries. Well, anyway, during this period, Xiaoba is Has been pestering Zhang Xi.
Sun Shangxiang didn't say anything about this. Instead, he took good care of Xiaoba. Although he always pestered Zhang Xi during the day and had endless things to say, at night, Sun Shangxiang almost packed up Zhang Xi and sent him to Xiaoba's room. went.
Zhang Xi felt that there was no need to go to such trouble. It wasn't the first time anyway. Just like the first day back, wouldn't it be nice for everyone to get up together? !
Xiao Ba didn't object, but Sun Shangxiang felt that she had to be a bit like the matron of the family and couldn't fool around with Zhang Xi every day.
So, actually, Xiaoba is more open-minded than Sun Shangxiang, and is willing to try anything in order to have a child.
Zhang Xi's little life was quite pleasant.
Of course, Zhang Xi didn't spend time with his wife and children every day during this period. He was also doing the important things that he should do.
The first thing to do was to give Zhang Yi and Zhang Yi transfer orders to accompany the army on the expedition.
This Northern Expedition is very important, and it would be a waste to leave two subordinates who have benefited from it unused.
The second thing is to call his disciples and ask him to prepare and go out with the army.
We can't let this kid continue to mess around. If he continues to mess around, I don't know how much trouble he will cause.
Let’s talk about Deng Ai. Well, Zhang Xi doesn’t even know what to say about this bastard now.
In the middle of last year, Deng Ai accompanied his wife Guan Yinping back to Chengdu to raise their baby, and at the same time met with his lord Liu Bei.
Because of the relationship with the screen, Liu Bei did not receive the young couple as a lord, but received Deng Ai as an elder. During this period, he also tested Deng Ai's knowledge and abilities, which immediately made Liu Bei feel that he was formidable.
Originally this was a good thing, and it was what Zhang Xi wanted to see.
But after that, Deng Ai, a bastard, caused trouble for himself.
I don’t know what the specific process is, but in short... Well, the second day after he returned to Chengdu, when Deng Ai came to see him, he brought four people with him.
One is Guan Yinping, and the other is Guan Yinping and Deng Ai's son, Xiao Zhonger.
The remaining one is the flower wand.
As soon as Zhang Xi saw Deng Ai bringing the flower wand to pay homage to him, he knew that the matter was not going to get better. This was a disciple's visit to the master. If the flower wand had no strange relationship with Deng Ai, how dare this kid bring people here? !
Not to mention that Huawan came with a big belly.
Zhang Xi really didn't know what to say.
You are really efficient when cooperating with me. By the way, can't you take care of your own lower body? ! Aren't you afraid that the second master will talk to you with the Qinglong Sword? !
The second master will be arriving in Chengdu in the next few days. If something happens, you can handle it yourself. Your master and I can't handle the second master's Qinglong Sword.
Even though he said that, Zhang Xi really couldn't turn around and insist on pursuing Zhang Xi's followers for their incompetence. Zhang Xi couldn't escape either.
Therefore, Zhang Xi could only turn a blind eye and tell his wife to take Guan Yinping and Hua Wan away, while he took Deng Ai to the study room to talk privately in the name of studying and studying.
By the way, what do you think? ! You are already married to the second master’s daughter, why do you still dare to flirt with women outside? !
Do you think Guan Yinping can't beat you after giving birth to a son, or do you think you can withstand the Qinglong Sword? !
Besides, even if you want to take a concubine, you should find someone from another family. Don’t you know the identity of the concubine? ! Her father is Meng Huo, the head of the Meng family, one of the four surnames in Nanzhong.
That is to say, this guy followed Yong Kai's rebellion and was punished. Otherwise, the Meng family should be said to be the first of the four surnames in Nanzhong.
People like this are on Liu Bei's side and need to be on guard. It's best if we don't get involved. Don't you have any idea about this? !
When he talked about this, Deng Ai's face was full of grievances. I know, but I really don't blame me for this.
It's my wife's fault.
At the beginning, Guan Yinping returned to Chengdu with Huawan. She really did not intend to take advantage of her husband. She planned to introduce Huawan to her third uncle's eldest son, Zhang Bao, who was studying in Chengdu.
Although these days, marriage is more about the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, Guan Yinping feels that Zhang Bao is also her younger brother, and she can be regarded as Zhang Bao's elder.
Regarding Third Uncle, Guan Yinping can talk about it later. Let’s first see if the two people are compatible.
As a result, both Zhang Bao and Hua Wan asked, who is the other person? !
Hua Wan couldn't understand why Zhang Bao, who was obviously tall and thick, had to live with his book every day. Wouldn't it be a pity not to practice martial arts? !
And Zhang Bao also wondered why Huawan, a daughter's family, didn't learn knitting and knitting properly, and kept talking about practicing martial arts and hunting. She already had a violent sister. Zhang Bao didn't want his future wife to be a violent man.
By the way, Zhang Bao is Zhang Fei's eldest son. He has two biological sisters, but the elder sister is discussed from his second uncle's side.
Anyway, after Guan Yinping heard Zhang Bao's comment, if she hadn't been pregnant, she would have really wanted to drag Zhang Bao to the martial arts training ground to show off.
Well, in short, neither party liked it.
However, Guan Yinping did not give up. For the sake of his good sisters and her husband, Guan Yinping introduced Mi Zhu's son to Huawan.
As a result, Mi Wei, the son of Mi Zhu, felt that he was a good son of the Han family and looked down upon Hua Wan, a barbarian girl. His words towards Hua Wan were so disrespectful that Hua Wan could tolerate this? !
He directly taught Mi Wei a lesson, so much so that Guan Yinping had to come to apologize to Uncle Mi afterwards.
Mi Zhu was easy to talk to and didn't take it seriously at all. But as soon as this incident came out, the second-generation disciples in Chengdu all avoided Huawan. Unknowingly, some rumors that were very unfriendly to Huawan began to spread. It spread in Chengdu.
It was probably the rumor that some Huawan were barbaric women, ignorant of poetry and etiquette, had naughty personalities, and liked to use violence to solve problems, so they were not good matches.
Hua Wan was very angry after hearing this, but this was the territory of the Han people. Even if Hua Wan was angry again, he could not do anything.
Of course Guan Yinping was also very angry, but she stayed in Jingzhou all year round. She didn't have much prestige in the second-generation circle in Chengdu. Plus, she was pregnant now, so it was not convenient for her to reason.
The matter just froze.
Although Hua Wan still lived with Guan Yinping and Deng Ai, when things got to this point, Guan Yinping wanted to introduce Hua Wan to a qualified second-generation official in Chengdu and find a backer for the Meng family. Yellow.
Originally, so far, Deng Ai had nothing to do with him.
But, something happened during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Deng Ai and Guan Yinping celebrated the festival together. It was not good for Hua Wan to be alone, so he called Hua Wan.
Guan Yinping happened to be pregnant and couldn't drink, but it would be boring to celebrate the festival together without drinking, so he asked Hua Wan to drink with Deng Ai while he chatted with them.
Then... A certain woman who was in a depressed mood drank a few too many drinks and had bad drinking habits. She hugged Guan Yinping and cried and made trouble, and said a lot of things she had hidden in her heart.
The most important point is - why is "Guan Suo" a woman? !
As long as he was a man, or if he told the truth from the beginning, Huawan felt that he would not be reduced to this situation.
Now I'm fine. I can't finish what my parents asked me to do, and I can't stay in Chengdu anymore. I really want to go back to Nanjing Middle School.
Guan Yinping suddenly felt guilty.
He looked at his best friend who was holding him and crying, and then looked at Deng Ai, who was obviously drunk and a little dazed. He gritted his teeth and sent the two of them into a room.
Then, things became like this.
(End of chapter)
