Zhang Xi arrived at the entrance of Baoxie Road and sent someone to notify Chen Dao. Then Chen Dao opened the gate of the central village and led a group of civil and military officers under his command to greet him.
It's not that Chen Dao looked down on Zhang Xi or was trying to show off his authority. This was the way the military rules in this era were.
The training and organization of soldiers in these days were not high, so the most taboo thing was the presence of different voices in the army.
There can only be one commander in the army, and everyone must listen to the commander. Even though Zhang Xi is the Minister of War, at Baoxie Road, all soldiers should obey Chen Dao's command, and Zhang Xi has no right to interfere.
Therefore, according to the rules of this era, even if Zhang Xi is a central official with a higher official position than Chen Dao, if Zhang Xi wants to enter the Baoxe Road military camp, even if he is standing at the gate of the camp, he must first notify Chen Dao and get Chen Dao's permission. Only with permission can you enter the military camp.
This is a rule that has been passed down since Zhou Yafu was in charge of the Xiliu Camp. Although Zhou Yafu himself did not end well, this rule was approved by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and it has been used in the army.
Of course, if Liu Bei stood at the gate of the camp, he would definitely not be treated like Zhang Xi, and Chen Dao was not Tiehanhan.
But unfortunately, Zhang Xi is not Liu Bei, and he is not qualified to let Chen Dao break this convention.
Zhang Xi first sent someone to inform Chen Dao to show his respect for Chen Dao, and then Chen Dao led his subordinate Wen Wu to open the camp gate to greet Zhang Xi to show his respect for Zhang Xi.
The two people greeted each other and then entered the military camp together and came to Chen Dao's Chinese military tent.
When they arrived at the Chinese military tent, Zhang Xi and Chen Dao no longer had to do the so-called etiquette and could relax with each other.
Zhang Xi was not polite to Chen Dao, and went straight to the point and asked, "Old General, how is the situation at the Baoxie crossing?!"
Chen Dao just smiled and said, "Cao Ren is dead, and Cao Zhen's son is not afraid. Although he has attacked several times, he has not achieved an inch of success. What's more, Baoxie Road is now being defended. I think Yuan Chang saw it when he came. They are all stone villages. , how can Cao Jun easily defeat?!"
When Zhang Xi heard this, since Chen Dao took the initiative to bring up this matter, Zhang Xi had to take advantage of the situation and ask.
"Xi did see it with his own eyes. It's just a general. Why did he build a stone stronghold?!" Zhang Xi asked puzzledly, "Even if the stone stronghold is strong, but the stone materials are hard to come by, why is it so time-consuming and laborious?!"
Although there are mountains around you, there are not many mountains around you that are stone mountains, right? !
And even if there is a stone mountain nearby, with the mining efficiency these days, how could you mine so many stones to build a stone village in two years? !
Finally, is it really necessary to build a stone village? ! Cao Jun didn't have planes or tanks. They couldn't even have the most basic black powder, right? !
Zhang Xi really didn't understand why Chen Dao wanted to build a stone village and transferred all the cement originally used to build the ramp.
As for Chen Dao, he did not answer Zhang Xi's question immediately. Instead, he turned around and ordered the guards to call for someone.
Zhang Xi watched curiously until a man dressed as a scribe entered the Chinese military tent. He first saluted Chen Dao, then smiled and nodded at Zhang Xi, and then stood beside Chen Dao.
At this time, Chen stood up on his own initiative and said to Zhang Xi, "Come, Yuan Chang, I will introduce you to a great talent. He is from Shu County. His surname is Liu, his given name is Yin, and his courtesy name is Xiuran. He is now a member of the army in our army." "
Uh-huh? !
Liu Yin? !
Golden City Liu Yin? !
Liu Yin, the golden siege governor who only defended the Golden City with more than a thousand men. Zhong Hui led an army of 200,000 to besiege it for several months but could not defeat it. In the end, Zhong Hui was forced to have no choice but to bypass the Golden City and go south? !
This guy is so awesome.
Zhang Xi quickly stood up, saluted Liu Yin and said hello to each other, and then invited Liu Yin to sit down and talk.
At this time, Liu Yin was actually about the same age as Zhang Xi. Both of them were already in their thirties, but the identity gap between Liu Yin and Zhang Xi was huge.
This is actually very abnormal.
Although Zhang Xi took advantage and joined Liu Bei relatively early. Uncle Liu Huang had already joined Liu Bei when he was still lamenting the fat on his thighs in Xinye. But Zhang Xi came from a poor family.
These days, people from poor families cannot be promoted as fast as those from wealthy families.
But Liu Yin was different.
Liu Yin is from Chengdu, and the Liu family is also a big family in Chengdu. Although it is not as big as the Li family, it is not considered a small family in Chengdu. It belongs to the kind of family that has the right to speak.
Liu Yin is a standard child of an aristocratic family.
When he first came of age, he was as famous as Du Zhen, Liu Shen and others. Du Zhen was later one of the nine ministers of the Ji Han Dynasty. He even lived into the Jin Dynasty and served as a minister when Sima Yan was in power. Positions such as governor of Liangzhou and Yizhou.
As for Liu Shen, he was Liu Yin's clan brother. He was later appointed as an official by Zhuge Liang. In the Jin Dynasty, he also governed Liangzhou and Yizhou as an official of Du Zhen.
Judging from the subsequent official positions and reputations of these two men, it should not be difficult for Liu Yin, who is both a child of aristocratic families, to want to be promoted to an official position.
But now, Zhang Xi is already a member of the highest decision-making level within Liu Bei Group, and Liu Yin can only hold a military position under Chen Dao.
Military positions in the military can be large or small.
If you are like Lu Su during the Battle of Chibi, you are called "joining the army" and actually represent Sun Quan's will. Even the commander-in-chief Zhou Yu would not dare to ignore you as a "joined army".
But Liu Yin joined the army and was regarded as Chen Dao's adviser. He had no real power in the army. Compared with Zhang Xi, the gap was huge.
When thinking of this, Liu Yin actually felt somewhat unconvinced.
It's not that he, Liu Yin, has no talent. It's purely due to the family's strategy that he can only stay at home and feel aggrieved.
This time he came to Hanzhong to join the army for Chen Daodang. It was because Liu Bei's last Northern Expedition and the capture of Yongzhou and Liangzhou led to some changes in the family's internal strategy, which gave him this opportunity.
Really, even though Liu Bei is now the emperor, there are still a large number of people in the aristocratic families in Shu who are unwilling to fully cooperate with Liu Bei and are wary of Liu Bei.
Because Liu Bei's policy towards aristocratic families is a relatively neutral strategy of recruiting a group of people and beating a group of them.
Liu Bei doesn't like the Aristocratic Family very much, but if the Aristocratic Family can fully cooperate with him, he will not be stingy.
For example, Huang Quan, Yang Hong, Qin Mi and others all hold high positions.
But for families that don't cooperate with Liu Bei, Liu Bei won't tolerate these people. Just do whatever you have to do. We have "Shu Ke" and no one can escape if they commit crimes.
But some aristocratic families in Shu obviously don't like Liu Bei like this. They prefer Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang is so good. No matter how much trouble the family makes, how they annex land, or exploit the people, Liu Zhang will not care.
This Liu Bei is a bug crawling out of some dirt pit, and that "Shu Ke" is not a thing. He actually dares to treat aristocratic families and mud-legged people equally. Do you know what aristocratic families are romantic? !
The Liu family and the Du family were among the group of people who were not very optimistic about Liu Bei. They felt that someone with Liu Bei's background would definitely not be too big and would not be able to achieve anything major, and would definitely be eliminated in the end.
Therefore, Liu Shen and Liu Yin of the Liu family, and Du Zhen of the Du family, these three talented people who became famous at a young age, did not choose to serve Liu Bei, but continued to "study with peace of mind" at home.
But what these families didn't expect was that Liu Bei not only replaced Liu Zhang and secured the foundation of Yizhou, but also drove away the Cao army entrenched in Hanzhong, and won the duel with Cao Cao until now, and even won most of the Northern Expedition. A Yongzhou and an entire Liangzhou.
At this time, the Liu family's attitude began to change. As long as they can survive and strive for the best interests of the family, it doesn't matter if they slap themselves in the face, let alone just adjust their strategies.
As for the Liu family's adjustment strategy, Liu Yin was suddenly asked to serve as an official.
But the problem is that there are already people in key positions in the Jihan court, and the remaining deputies or assistants are embarrassing for those arrogant and arrogant families.
In the end, Liu Yin wanted to be stronger himself, gave up the arrangement given to him by his family, and set his sights on Hanzhong.
Liu Yin knew that Liu Bei's ideal was to support the Han Dynasty. Now that Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor and inherited the Han Dynasty, the foundation of Ji Han's founding was to support the Han Dynasty, so he would definitely not choose to live in a corner.
In the last Northern Expedition, although Liu Bei paid a lot of price, he won in the end. So the next Northern Expedition will definitely not be too long.
Therefore, Liu Yin took the initiative to go to Hanzhong, first asked for a recommendation document from Huang Quan, and then came to Chen Dao's army to surrender.
At this time, Chen Dao was somewhat anxious.
At that time, Liu Bei had just proclaimed himself emperor, many things were being coordinated, and there were some fluctuations in the defense support for Baoxie Pass.
At the same time, on Cao Wei's side, Cao Ren dragged his sick body and formulated a plan to retake Baoxie Pass.
In fact, there was nothing new. He just followed Guo Huai's suggestion and transferred a group of catapults from Luoyang and Yecheng to smash the camps and fortresses he left at the entrance of Baoxie Road.
Although Chen Dao occupied these forts and camps, some of these camps could withstand being hit by catapults.
In addition, these fortresses and camps were built by Cao Ren and Cao Zhen. These two knew very well where the weak points of these fortresses and camps were, and they could hit them accurately with a catapult.
Chen Dao actually defended very hard, and even considered whether to temporarily retreat to Baoxie Road and use the geographical advantages of Baoxie Road to block Cao Jun's attack as before.
But Liu Yin persuaded Chen Dao.
With Liu Yin's advice, Chen not only defended these camps and forts and repelled Cao's attack, but also renovated all the forts and forts and turned them into stone fortresses.
Liu Yin's reliance was actually cement, a "magic object" that amazed Liu Yin.
(End of chapter)
