On the way to Dangqu, Lei Yuan, Jian Yong and Gan Ning discussed that the two thousand men brought this time were elite, and they should not be easily at the disadvantage of local forces in Yizhou militarily. However, two thousand people had to eat, station, get enough food, fodder, and train troops to train and divide defense zones. This had to be communicated and coordinated with Pang Xi.
After all, Jian Yong went deep into Brazil several times and only talked about irrelevant friendship with Pang Xi. Even if there was a little bit of temptation, he was hidden under the deep water. Both sides were about to retreat. Now it is probably not easy to dig out actual benefits from Pang Xi's hands.
It was still early at this time, and Lei Yuan ordered to station on the spot and set up a camp at the mountain pass near Dangqu. Lei Yuan left Feng Xi and Lei Cheng to lead the troops. He led Jian Yong, Gan Ning, and Li Yihe to drive towards Dangqu City with dozens of cavalry.
As I looked up along the way, farmland, village, stream, and forests alternated. It was the time when the grass and trees were lush in spring and summer. The greenery in front of me was as green as the sea, and farmers were busy. Compared to Jingzhou, it seemed that the population was indeed denser. There were ditches between the fields and the veins were scattered, and the grass was planted with rice.
When the farmers saw the knights passing by, they abandoned their farm tools and rushed to the depths of the fields. Those who stayed there also lowered their bodies and looked at the scene with a nervous look. Obviously, the situation here is not as stable as it seems.
The army and horses gathered in the distance, and dozens of cavalry came to the ground. This situation had long fallen into the eyes of the lookouts on the city. Lei Yuan and others had not traveled much further. When they were two or three miles away from the city, Pang Xi led his people out of the city to greet them.
In terms of official rank, Lei Yuan had two generals with 2,000 stones and one of the left generals with 600 stones, and his reputation was naturally greater; but Pang Xi was very experienced and had been a regular junior in the Luoyang court. Therefore, both sides simply did not talk about their positions, but only talked about friendship.
Lei Yuan saw that Pang Xi was not tall, had a dark and thin face, and was full of wrinkles. He seemed to be young. He was dressed in black and had a long-term crown, and did not wear a long sword around his waist, but had a ring-headed sword hanging. It can be seen that although he was a civil servant, he was in a state of war for a long time and was quite experienced in war, so he could not help but have a bit of martial spirit. The entourages behind him all had Han and barbarians, looking up and down, with curiosity in his eyes.
After all, Lei Yuan and other troops came to Brazil. It was a matter clearly agreed by Liu Jiyu and Duke Xuande that others could not be pushed back. Now it seems that Pang Xi at least had no obvious hostility towards this, which is enough.
Lei Yuan winked at Jian Yong.
Jian Yong took a few steps forward, took out the military order from Xuandegong to show Pang Xi, and then handed over to the document issued by Liu Yizhou, even if both sides officially took the lead.
The two sides exchanged a few greetings on the road, and Pang Xi called a subordinate to return to Dangqu City. He prepared meat and other supplies for the Jingzhou army stationed at the southern mountain pass. He took Lei Yuan and others to the county temple in the city.
Dangqu is a big county, and there should have been a county magistrate. However, a county magistrate died of a rebellion by Bayi, and Liu Zhang has never appointed a successor. In recent years, Chengdu has been in chaos in governance. This shows that Pang Xi traveled to Langzhong as the prefect of Brazil, and directly controlled two important towns in Brazil. His preference for taking power and leaving the governor of Yizhou, the tendency to go alone is really obvious. The fastest update is:
The group came to the back hall of the county temple, and the servants set up a banquet, and the host and the guests sat down.
Pang Xi was in the main position, and the guest seats were Lei Yuan, Jian Yong, Gan Ning, and Li Yi. The other side was originally empty, but later a guest-like person sat down in a hurry. This man was about thirties, not tall, and was about the same size as Jian Yong. He bowed to Lei Yuan and others slightly, and did not report his name, and he looked very respectful to Pang Xi.
Jian Yong is also a person who is arrogant and ups and downs and is not surrendered by power; but this person is naturally different from Jian Yong's indifference, and his behavior is almost hostile and unyielding, which seems to be unconcealed.
Lei Yuan couldn't help but go to see Jian Yong again, and used his jaw to explore the opposite side, wanting to ask who this person was.
Jian Yong shook his head slightly, obviously he didn't know this man either.
At this time, everyone drank a few glasses of water and Jian Yong asked, "Mr. Pangfu, have the various places in Dangqu have been quite stable over the past few days? What are the changes in Hanzhong?"
Pang Xi held the wine cup and answered in a deep voice. He was a real Henan clan, and his voice was more standard than anyone else in Luoyang: "There is no major event around Dangqu. I don't know the situation in Hanzhong."
Gan Ning laughed and said, "What big thing can happen? Even if there is something wrong, our two thousand elite troops will be here to suppress the pacification of Liu Yizhou."
Pang Xi glanced at Gan Ning, raised his glass to Li Yi, and said slowly: "I'm afraid in Liu Yizhou's eyes, it's a big deal to gather together."
Gan Ning and Li Yi's expressions changed. After a while, they raised their glasses and responded. The three of them drank a cup together.
Gan Ning was the first to raise troops to fight against Liu Zhang; Li Yi was a general under Zhao Wei, who was bribed and rebelled by Liu Zhang, and then he was forced to elect Xiajiang to protect himself by Liu Zhang; Pang Xi only sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight in previous Yizhou rebellions, but was forced to withdraw from the Yizhou center, and even the recruitment of soldiers was restricted.
Over the years, Shu has been in chaos and turbulent. I really can't tell who is an enemy or a friend, but at least one thing is certain: these important civil and military officials all have a good relationship with Liu Jiyu. Although each person has his own mistakes, he cannot escape Liu Zhang's problems. : :
Liu Zhang lacks the ability to make a clear decision and is easily influenced by others. Everyone thinks he is a good person, but this good person can never make the right decision.
After the three of them drank together, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became relaxed with their dissatisfaction with Liu Jiyu.
Taking this opportunity, Lei Yuan asked, "Mr. Pang Fu, but I don't know where the garrison arranged for us is?"
Pang Xi said: "It's right in Dangqu."
Lei Yuan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Pang Xi didn't understand, so he asked again: "But I don't know which one is in Dangqu County? Military affairs cannot be delayed. If Pang Fujun has already determined the location, I will go and take a look in the afternoon."
"Xuzhi can watch now." Pang Xi chuckled, and he patted the dark floor: "You will guard the entire Dangqu City. I will withdraw my troops as soon as possible and go back to Langzhong."
Lei Yuan's heart skipped a beat, his expression remained unchanged, and he lowered his head slightly to meditate.
Gan Ning and Li Yi were also surprised.
Jian Yong laughed and asked, "If so, what about the land in Dangqu County? "
Pang Xi was about to answer, Lei Yuan shook his head to Jian Yong, turned to Pang Xi and said, "Mr. Pang Mansion, we have come thousands of miles away and don't know anything about the situation in Dangqu. This is just to help defend Zhang Lu, and there is no preparation to take over the city and townships."
Pang Xi pointed to the person sitting opposite Lei Yuan: "Bo Miao will stay here on behalf of me to manage civil affairs and also serve as support for military and horse logistics. As for military affairs, we should entrust you to you."
The man named "Bo Miao" straightened his back slightly and said to Lei Yuan: "Please rest assured that the political affairs will not be abandoned."
Lei Yuan took a deep breath and exhale deeply.
Pang Xi's meaning was to completely throw the defense of the Micang Road to the Jingzhou army. His headquarters completely removed him and focused on consolidating the Langzhong stronghold. The civil affairs of Dangqu County were still in the hands of his own guests. If he wanted to obtain food, fodder and supplies in the future, he would not be allowed to negotiate with him separately.
Xuandegong's order clearly stated that his side assisted the Yizhou army as a friendly army and was responsible for monitoring the movements of the Micang Road. However, according to Pang Xi, he had to leave the matter without caring about Dangqu. If Zhang Lu had any abnormal movement in Hanzhong, would he rely on the Jingzhou army of only two thousand people to arrive on the front line?
If I had known that there would be difficulties in coordination with local forces in Yizhou, I would never have thought that these people would have achieved this level.
As the Fa Zheng said, the people of Yizhou had long dispersed. Whether it was the high-ranking officials and nobles in Chengdu City or the chief officials of various counties, most of them only thought of their own self-interests and would not consider Liu Jiyu's position at all.
Just like Pang Xi in front of him, Duke Xuande sent an envoy to make friends, he was certainly attentive to treat each other. But once the news came that Duke Cao surrendered Zhang Lu and entered Hanzhong with his troops, he immediately retreated and handed over the land of Yizhou to the Cao and Liu families to compete for it. He would never interfere. Lei Yuan could be 100% sure that as the situation develops, the Pang Mansion Lord will definitely stand on the side of the winner.
But our side was limited to the relationship between the Jingyi family and there was no way to restrain it.
In the end, Lei Yuandao said: "We have two thousand people and need sufficient food and fodder to allocate them; if necessary, we need to recruit local people's strength to improve various passes and cities."
"Yes, Bo Miao is responsible for all this." Pang Xi said simply.
Chapter completed!