Song Chen clasped his fists and replied: "Before the Lord's departure, General Tuo Mo will ask for a favor from Your Majesty. General Lu's wife is Sun Shao's half-sister. Please allow Sun Shao to stay in Jianye."
After hearing this, Liu Bei was startled at first, and then said with a hearty smile: "It seems that Ziyu attaches great importance to Lu Boyan. Not only does he ask for merit and reward, but he also wants to save his wife and brother. He has always been indifferent and has nothing to ask for. I will naturally agree to the request. Since it is up to him to deal with Sun Quan's relatives, including those like Sun Shao, let Ziyu make his own decision when he goes back."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Song Chen stood up and clasped his fists.
"Song Qing, please sit down quickly. You must have done a great job in destroying Wu this time. Sit down and talk to me about the story. The memorial is really simple and I can't get enough of it." Liu Bei looked around at everyone with a smile.
Zhang Fei also grinned his white teeth and echoed: "I haven't seen Ziyu for a few days, but he actually created such a big scene. I heard that he was still cleaning up Shi Xie before destroying Wu. Why did he suddenly let it slip? This has nothing to do with his cautiousness. It’s a bit inconsistent with his character.”
Fa Zheng added sternly: "General Lan usually makes a decision and takes action. He should have been preparing to destroy Wu for a long time. It is absolutely impossible to take risks."
In the expectant eyes of everyone, Song Chen nodded and said slowly: "Not long after Fu Jun took charge of Jiaozhou, he began to lay out Jiangdong."
Song Chen knew that several of them were Liu Bei's confidants, so he started with Yu Xiu's undercover operation in Jiangdong. There were preliminary preparations for the battle, such as Lantian's intelligence offensive against Jiangdong, economic offensive (dumping of goods, food embargo), and talent offensive (attracting Jiangdong). Talents such as Zhao Shuang), national offensive (attracting Luling people to move to Longchuan), and public opinion offensive (using newspapers to expose Sun Quan's incompetence).
Before mentioning the final war, everyone in the hall was dumbfounded. Lan Tian often emphasized the overall situation and had done so much before using real swords and guns? What kind of opponent did Sun Quan face? Several people actually felt a trace of sympathy for Sun Quan.
"Brother, I don't accept anyone, so I only accept Ziyu. I don't know how he grew up. Fortunately, we met him in Xiaopei, otherwise he would have become our opponent. Who can beat him?" Zhang Fei While Song Chen paused, he couldn't help but interrupt his sigh.
"This is all fate. Let's continue to listen to Song Qing. The next step should be the story of the war. Yide listen carefully. Maybe it will be useful when fighting Cao Zhen." After Liu Bei finished speaking, he pointed to the east wall, where there was a hanging The map of Yangzhou instructed Song Chen to review and explain based on the map.
"Okay, okay, I'm just learning." Zhang Fei then sat upright like a primary school student, wanting to hear what clever tricks Lan Tian used to defeat the enemy.
"This battle to destroy Wu has four battlefields, commanded by Fujun, Prince Consort, General Gan, and General Hu respectively. The direction of the war is controlled by Fujun." Song Chen followed Lan Tian as counselor of military affairs. He was mainly responsible for intelligence. He collected and conveyed orders, so he knew the entire battlefield very well. He slowly told it from his own point of view, and Liu Bei and others listened fascinated.
After Song Chen talked about the entire war, it was as if they were listening to a martial arts class. Pang Tong was the first to twitch his beard and murmured: "Xiao Zhi just said that General Lan will not take risks. In fact, the biggest risk in this battle is that Lan The general used himself as bait. If Lu Fan's 100,000 men had stronger fighting power and General Lan had not blocked the offensive in Pingxiang, he might not have achieved such a perfect victory."
"General Lan has deduced before the war that if we cannot stop him in Pingxiang, we can only rely on the strategic depth of Changsha and Guiyang to slowly block the enemy, and wait for the prince-in-law to cut off the food road before launching a counterattack. In short, there is almost no possibility of failure." Song Chen cupped his fists and explained.
Zhang Fei then added: "Military counselor, you don't know that Ziyu's two sons are very powerful, especially Lan Zhongling, whose martial arts is amazing. I once taught him moves. This son's martial arts skills are somewhat like those of Lu Bu."
"The prince-in-law is not bad, he can stand alone. The Lan family has two tigers, so why worry about the uncertainty of the world? I feel very relieved." Liu Bei sighed while stroking his beard.
Zhang Fei said cheerfully: "My second brother was quick to act and decided that Zhong Ling would be his son-in-law early. If we choose a bride for this child now, I'm afraid the matchmaker will be able to arrange for him to go to Guangzhou in the long run."
"Ziyu and his son have made such great contributions, I haven't even thought about how to reward them." Liu Bei frowned and thought.
"The prince said that your majesty received generous rewards when he ascended the throne. This time, we should reward them with military merits for destroying Wu. Don't give them any more rewards. Your majesty can give more rewards to other meritorious officers." Song Chen came in again with his fists clasped.
After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded slightly, "No wonder the names of father and son are not in the merit book that was sent. Ziyu and Boyang's official positions are indeed high, but Zhongling seems to be a military commander? I will give this little one a title. Bar."
"The prince also said that if your majesty wants to reward the second young master, please be careful not to give him too much. The second young master is still young and his mind is not as mature as the first young master. It is best to improve slowly." Song Chen just sat down and stood up again.
Liu Bei looked around and shook his head with a wry smile: "Ziyu has predicted all my thoughts. This is so similar to Kong Ming. No matter how low the rank is, it must be given to a middle-ranking general. Otherwise, I will be stingy. His weapons are not called Cang Long Po Jun Halberd? Just seal him as the Lieutenant Commander of the Po Army."
"General Lang of the Po Army? What a good official title." Fazheng agreed.
"In addition, Yu Xiu is also very good. He served the Han Dynasty in the Wu camp. His wealth, beauty, and power could not change his ambition, and he became a key figure in destroying Wu. I have never heard of such a talent. How many talented people does Ziyu hide around him? "Liu Bei looked at Song Chen pretending to be reproachful.
Song Chen smiled awkwardly and explained softly: "Your Majesty must have met him. Yu Xiu's original name is Hu Ke. He was a scout in the original camp and a former superior officer of the last general. He served as one of the internal agents after the Chibi War. After sneaking into Jiangling, Fujun later founded the Yangtze River Newspaper, which required him to collect information from various places, so he retired from the army and became a businessman."
"So it's him?" Pang Tong suddenly realized that he had seen him in Jiangling.
"I have an impression. He and Song Qing went into business at the same time, but later the caravan was dominated by you. At that time, Ziyu had not yet taken control of Jiaozhou. Where did Hu Ke go?" Everyone has the heart to gossip. For a bizarre story like Hu Ke's, Liu Bei naturally wanted to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it.
Song Chen nodded to collect his thoughts and said that Hu Ke was sent to undercover the Shi family, and then he was sent to undercover Lan Tian by the Shi family. Finally, Lan Tian and Shi Xie entered Jiangdong as undercover agents. Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Zhang Fei swallowed his saliva. He once scolded Lu Bu's three family slaves. Hu Ke's ability was not inferior to him. He could keep his true heart through so many key experiences. He could be called a legend.
"It's really not easy. In the future, historians will write biographies for Qing and others, and Hu Qing is also qualified to write a biography. But now that Yangzhou has been decided, why is there still Yu Xiu in the credit book? Is it possible that he will be sent to Wei to lurk?" Liu Bei wondered. Ask.
"No, the prince has other arrangements." Song Chen shook his head.
(End of chapter)
