Xiao Furong held Liu Zhang's waist tightly with both hands and lay gently on Liu Zhang's shoulders. Liu Zhang drank the slightly hot tea little by little, looking at the pattern on the quilt, thinking about what was in his heart.
At this time, Fazheng walked in, looking slightly happy. Xiao Furong hurriedly loosened her hair a little and tidied her hair on her forehead.
"My lord, four groups of people from Hanzhong, Shangyong, Yuwei, and Jingnan are here to help."
"Oh?" Before setting out to attack Baichuan, he ordered troops from all over the country to come to the rescue just to be sure. Unexpectedly, they arrived so quickly. Liu Zhang stood up, put on his clothes hastily, and strode towards the hall.
Three heroic generals and a woman in white stood in the hall.
"The last general, Qin Ci, has led a thousand soldiers and horses from Wuling to come to our aid. He is willing to be the vanguard for our lord."
"The last general, Yang Ren, led 10,000 soldiers and horses from Shangyong Hanzhong to come to our aid to strengthen our army's might."
"The last general, Deng Zhi, led an army of 20,000 men to Baichuan. He also brought with him a large number of samples of siege equipment newly made by the craftsman battalion to help the lord conquer Xiangyang."
The white woman stepped forward and cupped her delicate white palms: "Guiyang Fan Lixiang, leading 20,000 soldiers and horses, is willing to kill the enemy's vital points with the Lord's sword."
Fan Lixiang was dressed in white silk and stood dignified. Her daughter's delicate figure stood out among the generals.
"Haha, it's ridiculous. Your 20,000 peasants are called soldiers and horses, and they still have swords. It makes me laugh to death. Miss Fan, go home and plow the fields, hahaha."
The troops from the three counties of Jingnan and Deng Zhi's troops walked together from Jiangling. There may have been some disagreement. As soon as Fan Lixiang finished speaking, Deng Zhi's deputy general Qin Ming laughed disdainfully. Deng Zhi immediately gave him a sideways look and said
He shut up and bowed respectfully to Liu Zhang.
Deng Zhi surrendered in Brazil, and Liu Zhang fell into a coma. When he woke up, the army had already gone to Jiameng Pass. Later, Deng Zhi was ordered by Wei Yan to command 80,000 Jiangling troops. After Zhang Ren entered the city, Deng Zhi resigned in order to avoid suspicion.
Go back to the fish belly with all the military power.
Liu Zhang had never met Deng Zhi, and Deng Zhi had not met Liu Zhang. I only heard from rumors that Liu Zhang had a bad temper and was cautious as soon as he entered Baichuan. This Qin Ming was usually carefree and shapeless, but he did not expect to be so unruly in front of his lord.
, Deng Zhi's heart was raised. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Liu Zhang. When he saw that Liu Zhang was not angry, he was slightly relieved.
"Why are there so few troops in Hanzhong and Shangyong?" Liu Zhang glanced at Fan Lixiang. The latter's expression did not change, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Liu Zhang did not pursue Qin Ming's rudeness and turned to ask Yang Ren
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"Returning to my lord, the prefect of Wu Ban had a conflict with the Qiang people over a piece of land in Tazhong. That land was originally under our jurisdiction in Yizhou. After Zhang Lu's rebellion, he ceded Tazhong to the Qiang people for grazing. Now the prefect of Wu Ban has sent troops to occupy it.
, in order to prevent the Qiang people from retaliating, we dare not attack Hanzhong’s troops without authorization. Please forgive me, my lord."
"Then it'll be fine."
Liu Zhang waved his hands, let out a sigh of relief, and was in a good mood, with a rare smile on his face. With the four lines of reinforcements, the Sichuan army's available troops once again exceeded one hundred thousand, and even Xiangyang was a stone, it could not bite it.
"You all go back and set up camp, and all of them will be under the unified command of General Zhang Ren."
"yes."
"Miss Fan, stay."
Fan Lixiang was walking out of the house when she heard Liu Zhang shouting. When she turned around, Liu Zhang said: "I remember the agreement we made with you. You have accomplished three meritorious deeds. I will now officially grant you the title of Prefect of Changsha and Chen Ying as the Prefect of Guiyang."
, Xingdaorong is appointed as the prefect of Lingling, and everything is under your control, how about that?"
All the generals were shocked. Fan Lixiang's official position was probably the largest among all local officials. Chen Yingxing Daorong was Fan Lixiang's confidant. What do you mean by dominion? This is the direct command of the three counties. The bestowal is so important.
best of all.
But after thinking about it, if it weren't for Fan Lixiang, Jingnan would not belong to Liu Zhang at all. Liu Zhang would not be able to conquer Jingbei so easily. It is reasonable and reasonable to entrust the three counties to Fan Lixiang, not to mention that the 20,000 peasant troops except Fan Lixiang,
No one can control it.
Except for Qin Ming who snorted and Fazheng whose eyelids moved, no one else had any objections.
"Thank you, Lord." Fan Lixiang agreed loudly without looking at the faces of everyone.
The four generals left. Liu Zhang took a look at the weather outside and was about to return to his room when Fazheng suddenly said: "My lord, I heard from General Zhang Ren that you want to send troops to Xiangyang in two days?"
"Has he looked for you?" Liu Zhang turned around.
Fazheng nodded. Zhang Ren knew that he could not persuade Liu Zhang, so he came to him. These generals and himself already knew that once Liu Zhang decided something, it would be difficult to change it, but some words had to be said.
Fazheng remembered the mission he had defined for himself. A king should be fierce and decisive, but he could not let Liu Zhang's decisiveness turn into willfulness, so he had to say some things that the generals were not comfortable saying.
"Xiao Nao, what do you think?"
"My lord's worry is not unreasonable. If the rain does not stop after three days and the Xiangjiang River rises, we may not be able to reach Xiangyang in a month and miss the opportunity to cross the river. But now we have as many as 50,000 people coming to help, even if we don't count
Fan Lixiang's 20,000 peasant rebels totaled 100,000 people. Even in the worst case scenario, if we send troops to Xiangyang in a month, Xiangyang will be captured by either new soldiers or sailors. What's more, this heavy rain will last for three days.
The above is indeed against common sense.”
Liu Zhang breathed a long sigh of relief and said slowly: "It's a long night and many dreams, so it's not like I'm bothering myself. I seem to be in jail. Well, I'll listen to you and wait for the heavy rain to subside before marching. But the production of pontoons and bamboo rafts cannot be stopped."
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"Yes." Fazheng bowed down.
Liu Zhang returned to the house. At this time, a soldier came, knelt down and bowed, and presented a bamboo slip: "My lord, a letter from Zhou Buyi of Yizhou."
"Zhou Bujie?" Liu Zhang suddenly turned around. To be honest, although Liu Zhang promised to send troops after the rain eased, he was still worried. Liu Zhang attributed his mentality to his fear of Xu Shu, but he couldn't get rid of it.
Now there is a letter from Zhou Buyi. Zhou Buyi is a genius. If he has a good plan, he can definitely give himself some reassurance.
Liu Zhang took the bamboo slips and unfolded them quickly. However, the excitement on his face gradually faded and turned into disappointment. Then he sighed in boredom. Fazheng came over and asked, "My lord, what did Zhou Bujie say?"
Liu Zhang handed the bamboo slip to Fazheng: "See for yourself. He came all the way to send a letter asking me to spare his uncle Liu Xian."
Fazheng glanced at the bamboo slips, thought for a while and said to Liu Zhang: "This is also an opportunity. I heard that Mr. Liu is leaving for Jingzhou. We can secretly send someone to communicate with him. Maybe we can cooperate with him inside and outside."
Liu Zhang nodded and said that he would not be at a disadvantage after communicating with him. However, after Yang Song's lesson last time, Liu Zhang did not think that Liu Xian, who was born in a wealthy family and held a high position, would turn to him.
But, is this why Zhou Buyi came all the way to send such a letter? Although it is reasonable and reasonable, Liu Zhang always felt that Zhou Buyi's brain would not make one thing so simple.