Since meeting Liu Bei, Zhang Heng has helped Liu Bei with advice many times, but he has never expressed his intention to submit.
Furthermore, Zhang Heng was now a prince in name only, so Liu Bei did not dare to recruit him.
Therefore, the two parties still have a cooperative relationship.
In today's battle, Zhang Heng took the most credit, and he had helped him many times in the previous battle. Now it was time to divide the spoils based on merit and reward. Liu Bei was very generous and gave half of the direct spoils to Zhang Heng.
You know, that's a whole thousand people!
But Zhang Heng shook his head and smiled, "Thank you Mr. Xuande for your kindness. It's just that I don't have the strength to restrain a chicken, and I'm not good at commanding troops. Let's forget it."
Whether it was Liu Bei's original troops or the newly surrendered Zhang Liao's troops, Zhang Heng would not be very comfortable using them. Moreover, Zhang Heng's small body was not suitable for charging into battle, so he refused Liu Bei's kindness.
"That's true. Ziyi is good at planning. Let's leave the charge to others in battle." Liu Bei nodded and said, "In that case, I will assign two hundred elites to accompany you to protect your safety. How about it?" "
"Thank you Mr. Xuande!"
This time Zhang Heng did not refuse, but thanked him.
With the Guards, your own safety will be guaranteed in the future.
"Besides that, there is one more thing." Liu Bei took another sip of wine and then smiled slowly, "Today's battle clearly shows Ziyi's talent. I want to make you the military chief and take charge of the military. I wonder if Ziyi is willing to give in?"
Hearing these words, Zhang Heng was slightly stunned at first, then quickly waved his hands and said: "It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate. I haven't done anything, how can I steal a high position? I hope Xuande Gong can take back his life!"
To be honest, the official position of chief registrar is nothing, and Zhang Heng can definitely take it. After all, he is only responsible for logistics dispatch and the management of military equipment. He is a civilian.
But the last four words "joining the military" are really powerful!
Chief clerk is a position, but being in charge of the military is the actual function and power!
The word "Shenzhang" originally means to control. Further up, is the word governor.
The military structure of the Han Dynasty was based on positions and functions that complemented each other. For example, in the late Three Kingdoms period, the great governors of various countries only had the word "du" added in order to be able to legitimately take charge of the military and political affairs of one party.
During the Yellow Turbans' campaign in the past, Lu Zhi was ordered to supervise the fifth battalion of the Northern Army in charge of the expedition, and he was the actual controller of the army.
In other words, no matter how many generals or generals there are in an army, only the person who supervises the armies is the real commander!
In today's Liu Bei Group, Liu Bei is the governor of everything.
Further down, there is the so-called military commander.
If you only participate in the military, you are just a staff officer at best, with the power to make suggestions but not make decisions on the military. But Liu Bei happened to add the word "palm" to Zhang Heng, so the meaning was completely different.
To put it bluntly, if Zhang Heng has the title of Chief of Military Affairs, in the future, except for Liu Bei, the entire army will have to listen to his orders from Zhang Ziyi, including Guan Yu!
This is probably what the high-ranking military advisor in the romance novel means.
This was precisely the reason why Zhang Heng refused. From a marginal figure to directly surpassing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to become the second core of the group, Zhang Heng was worried that he would not be able to convince the public.
But Liu Bei was extremely determined this time, and said with a serious face: "We only have more than 2,000 people under our command, so how can we talk about high positions? Furthermore, we must work together to fight against thieves. Don't Ziyi not want to help me with all his strength?" Begging for a thief?"
"No, Mr. Xuande misunderstood. What I mean is..."
Zhang Heng still wanted to explain, but Liu Bei waved his sleeves and interrupted: "In that case, I hope Ziyi will not refuse!"
Seeing that Liu Bei was so determined, Zhang Heng felt a little embarrassed and at the same time he looked at Guan Yu who was standing aside.
The reason why he was unwilling to accept it was because he was afraid of offending Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
But Guan Yu showed no sign of objection, and even persuaded him: "Ziyi, a man is born in this world and should make contributions. Now that you have the opportunity to show what you have learned, why should you refuse?"
Guan Yu was a man of great courage and righteousness, bullying the strong but not the weak, and paying attention to seniority, but he did not resent Zhang Heng being ranked ahead of him.
First, he has noticed Zhang Heng's help to Liu Bei these days.
Between the two, in today's battle, if Zhang Heng hadn't insisted on leaving a reserve team, the entire army would have been wiped out.
He is capable and is one of his own, so Guan Yu is of course happy to see success.
Seeing this, Zhang Hengcai nodded, cupped his hands to Liu Bei and said, "In that case, it would be disrespectful for me to refuse."
"Okay, okay, with Ziyi's help, we will be able to enter Luoyang this time and destroy the Dong thief!"
Seeing that Zhang Heng finally agreed to serve as military chief, Liu Bei was so happy that he couldn't smile from ear to ear.
For Zhang Heng, a great talent, Liu Bei certainly wanted to take him under his command, but he couldn't speak out right now. Moreover, he had already seen that Zhang Heng had no intention of recruiting the team to go it alone, and in the end he would probably have to choose a hero to assist him.
In this case, it is better to deepen the cooperation between the two parties now. If the time comes in the future, it may not be impossible to recruit this great talent.
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Early the next morning.
Zhang Heng got up early and when he walked out of the camp, he found that Guan Yu was already lining up his army in preparation for the next move into Juan County.
Liu Bei, on the other hand, was chatting with a group of people in Juan County, looking happy and happy.
Although Liu Bei belongs to the clan, he has been poor since he was a child and has been a ranger for many years. He naturally knows how to deal with the people at the bottom. After a small talk, his favorability will skyrocket.
Seeing Zhang Heng approaching, Liu Bei waved to the people and then came over to greet him.
"Ziyi got up very early!"
"Mr. Xuande is joking."
Zhang Heng looked at Liu Bei who was smiling, and suddenly felt that this guy was mocking him.
You obviously got up much earlier than me, okay?
"After breakfast later, we will lead the army to Juan County. What do Ziyi think?" Liu Bei asked.
Zhang Heng nodded, "Soldiers need to be quick, that's why. It's just that we have to put the soldiers in front and find out the situation in Juan County before letting the people enter the city. In yesterday's battle, the Dong thieves lost more than 2,000 people, so they must have something." Be alert. Now we should take advantage of the rebel army's unpreparedness to quickly occupy Jujuan County, and then defend the city."
Don't wait any longer. It's hard to say whether there are Dong Zhuo's troops in Juan County now. This is why Zhang Heng arranged for the people to walk behind.
If you encounter a large number of Dong Zhuo's troops, these people will be prey to the sword. It is safer to wait for the army to clear the way in front and confirm that it is safe before letting the people slowly enter the city.
"Okay, let's do it like this." Liu Bei agreed.
"But the few soldiers and horses we have are not enough to deal with the rebel army. I think that the common people should be recruited into the army. It should not be difficult to select 2,000 strong men among the more than 10,000 common people."
Having said this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but turn his head and look at the people not far away.
After going around in circles, I still returned to Zhang Heng's original plan, recruiting troops to Yin, Henan, and fighting while recruiting.
Liu Bei nodded, "If we can recruit two thousand young men for training, plus the two thousand soldiers and horses in our hands, it should not be a big problem to defend against ten thousand thieves. Now I just hope that Wenyuan can bring more food, grass and equipment back." ."
Zhang Heng smiled calmly, "Don't worry, Mr. Xuande, as long as we keep charging forward, the princes will continue to provide food and grass."
The princes of Guandong were afraid of Dong Zhuo's troops and did not dare to move forward, so they needed Liu Bei as the vanguard. It didn't matter what they had to pay for this.
Liu Bei thought for a while and realized that this made sense, so he smiled and nodded.
After breakfast, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead a thousand people as the vanguard to check the situation in Juan County, and he led the Chinese army as a backup.
As for Zhang Fei, although he claimed that he could fight again, he was still left by Liu Bei to look after the people.
There were more than two thousand people in the group, one in front and one in back, heading towards Juan County in a mighty manner.
