When Yang Zishang returned to the Sichuan camp, the Sichuan army generals looked at Yang Zishang's bloody ear and immediately exploded. They all howled to lead troops to attack Gu Xiangyang...
It was such a powerful blow that he smashed a big hole in a grain cabinet in a rural area. He had followed Liu Zhang for so long, and although every step was difficult, he had never experienced such an insult.
"Please give me an order, my lord. The general is willing to lead an army to attack the city. If you don't go down to Xiangyang, please behead someone."
"The last general is willing to lead troops to attack the city."
"Please give the order, my lord, to attack Xiangyang immediately."
The generals petitioned for their orders one after another, and the sound of armor scraping could be heard in the hall. Zhang Ren, who looked heroic, finally stood up and paid homage to Liu Zhang: "My lord, Xu Shu has insulted me too much. Now that the morale of the generals is high, the time has come to attack the city."
Zhang Ren does not ask for orders easily. Once he asks for orders, he will definitely make up his mind.
Liu Zhang waved to Yang Zishang, whose face was half covered with blood: "Go down and heal."
"yes."
Yang Zishang retreated, and Liu Zhang sat silently on the couch, leaning on the bag and thinking for a while. His face gradually turned serious, he stood up, slowly pulled out his sword, and cut off a corner of the case with one strike, saying in a deep voice
Said: "Everyone will obey the order."
"The end is here." All the generals shouted in unison.
"Since ancient times, envoys have been exempted from fighting. Xu Shu is unkind and his pastor is unjust. From now on, God can learn from it. The Jingzhou soldiers in ancient Xiangyang are the mortal enemies of our Sichuan army. If the Japanese officials deal with them contrary to the norm, Xu Shu will suffer the consequences and perish on his own.
"
"My lord is wise." The voice shook the roof tiles.
"Everyone returns to camp, Zhang Ren stays."
"yes."
The generals strode away, all holding back their strength. Zhang Ren looked at Liu Zhang, who said: "Go immediately and collect all the utensils that can hold water to hold clean water. The more the better, and also ask the soldiers to control the nearby mountains."
of mountain springs.”
Zhang Ren looked at Liu Zhang with some confusion: "My lord, it's midsummer now and it just rained. What are you doing collecting clean water?"
"Don't worry about it for now, you can prepare it yourself."
"yes."
"Wait a minute, collect dry firewood and tung oil at the same time."
"yes."
After Zhang Ren left, Liu Zhang returned the sword to its sheath, threw it aside, and sat back on the cave. Fa Zheng stepped forward and said, "Has my lord finally decided?"
Liu Zhang looked at Fazheng and suddenly asked: "What do you think of Yang Zishang?"
Fazheng pondered and said: "You are talented, but you are narrow-minded and selfish. This is also a common problem of poor and humble officials."
Liu Zhang smiled: "You can see it too."
The Sichuan Army was short of civilian officials. In order to consolidate Yizhou, the civilian officials did not dare to bring more talents, so they selected talents from the common people and poor families who had submitted their services. Although the number was small and the talents were uneven, they could still be used, and Yang Zishang was considered
This is the best choice.
It is very rare for a carpenter to be able to read and write, and also have good eloquence and courage. Yang Zishang was originally a small official, but he became a carpenter out of anger because he was severely suppressed by his family and refused to give in.
Fa Zhengdao: "But this does not affect my lord's decision."
Liu Zhang did not answer and looked at the ground silently. Fazheng looked at Liu Zhang's expression and suddenly realized, sighing softly: "It turns out that the lord was just pretending to show it to the generals."
Liu Zhang was still silent. As Fazheng said, he was indeed pretending to show the generals just now. Yang Zishang did not follow his and Fazheng's instructions and went to Zhang De first and then suppressed Xu Shu. Just because of Zhang De's reputation.
Bao, it's easy to fall into the trap. This way, there is at least some hope of persuading surrender. Even if the capitulation cannot be persuaded, fomenting divisions will definitely succeed.
Instead, Yang Zishang spoke out to anger the Jingzhou generals. Although this showed the arrogance of the envoy and enhanced the military power, it basically destroyed his mission. It can be said that Yang Zishang lost an ear at his own fault.
Liu Zhang had no choice but to draw his sword to kill the case. Xu Shu humiliated the envoy, which meant humiliating Liu Zhang himself. How could he not show any sign of it?
But it's not just that. Mobilizing the emotions of the soldiers, collecting water and firewood, and Liu Zhang's final words to the generals were also preparations.
It's just that Liu Zhang hasn't finally made up his mind.
"Lord, we can't delay it any longer. If we delay it any longer, I'm afraid we won't have enough time."
As time goes by, the Sichuan Army is getting closer and closer to the day when it has to withdraw. Fazheng is very anxious. The attack on Jingzhou is a process of sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Fazheng believes that if the Sichuan Army withdraws this time, the Sichuan Army will never be able to retreat.
Maybe I can get into Xiangyang.
Liu Zhang tapped several cases with his index finger and asked in a deep voice: "How many people were there in ancient Xiangyang?"
Fazheng immediately replied: "Originally there was not a single commoner, but this time tens of thousands moved in from the outskirts of the city... about 20,000."
"Twenty thousand." Liu Zhang recited it silently once. Fazheng looked at Liu Zhang and knew that Liu Zhang was also struggling in his heart at this time. If Liu Zhang really didn't intend to do that, he wouldn't ask Zhang Ren to collect water and firewood, nor would he
Cut off the piece of case.
At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Reporting to my lord, news came from Hukou that Jiangdong general Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai have led 10,000 naval troops and 20,000 soldiers to the west. They are currently serving as chai mulberry."
"The Jiangdong soldiers have finally arrived." Liu Zhang said, but before Fazheng could speak, another soldier rushed in and shouted: "My lord, it's not good. There have been unrest in Dangyang, Linju, and Xiling counties. I turned out to surrender."
The county soldiers have gathered together to become bandits, and General Huang Zhong of Jiangling is leading his army to attack them."
The expressions of Fazheng and Liu Zhang both changed. Since entering Jingbei, it has long been the norm to attach themselves to various places and not return. Liu Zhang knew that sooner or later it would be a hidden danger, but he did not expect it to come so quickly. Dangyang Lin Juxiling and other places were located from Yuweiguan to Jiangling.
The fortress threatened Zigui Yiling and other cities. If the rebellion was not suppressed, it would mean that the food route from Chengdu to Jiangling would be cut off.
Then even long-distance grain and grass, which is a drop in the bucket, cannot be transported to Jiangling. After the disaster relief at Jiangling Granary, the Sichuan Army's grain and grass were completely cut off. This was a much greater threat than the threat from Jiangdong's army heading north.
"Lord." Fazheng looked at Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang's movements of knocking on the desk became slower and slower, and finally he pressed down on the cold face of the desk, and said in a deep voice: "Instruct Zhang Ren to prepare bows and arrows, and the whole army will hunt tomorrow."
"Yes." Fazheng was extremely excited. He bowed solemnly and responded loudly.
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With gauze wrapped around his head, Yang Zishang returned to the carpenter's barracks with great joy. The craftsmen who were sawing, inking and installing frames immediately gathered around him.
"How is it, how is it? Has the emperor made you an official?"
"Has it been sealed? Has it been sealed?"
"I don't think it's reliable."
These carpenters were even more excited than Yang Zishang. They rubbed their hands and asked questions. Although Liu Zhang stipulated that his civil servants were prohibited from discriminating against industry and commerce, those civil servants did not say it openly, but actually looked down on the craftsmen. And the craftsmen themselves were used to it, and they felt that they could
It is a great honor to have a high-ranking official in the craft camp.
But some craftsmen obviously didn't believe it. They had never heard of a humble craftsman who could become an official.
Yang Zishang chuckled, took out a token, and waved it in front of all the craftsmen, "Did you see it? Did you see it? Not only did the lord appoint me as an official, but he also made me a bigger official than he promised before. I am engaged in the field of Zhonglang, military Chinese
The third position, the third position, do you see it?"
Yang Zishang waved the token in a circle and carefully put it into his arms while everyone looked at him with envy.
"Yangzi, what's wrong with your ears?" Someone finally saw Yang Zishang's ears.
"Don't worry about him. It's a good deal to trade one ear for another." Yang Zishang didn't take it seriously, as if the ear didn't belong to him.
Yang Zishang put the token into his arms, pressed it twice more, and felt the touch and temperature of the token with his underwear. He was satisfied. He came here just to show off. After so many years, he finally got through it.
At least, in the Sichuan Army, Yang Zishang did not feel any obvious discrimination, let alone suppression or humiliation. He did not need to look at people's faces. Even though he was born in the craftsman camp, he could be a real official, not a puppet of a descendant of the family.
Yang Zishang wanted to be an official, it was his dream, but his natural arrogance prevented him from staying in the officialdom where the prince was respected. Yang Zishang was a county official when he was young, and left in anger because of this reason. No one knows that Yang Zishang
How much determination did Zi Shang have to have the courage to bid farewell to the officialdom that he was obsessed with?
Because of this, Yang Zishang hated those aristocratic families, especially those who were officials in Jingzhou.
Since the Battle of Baichuan, many Jingzhou officials have abandoned the city and fled and were taken into custody in Xiangyang. In Yang Zishang's view, these people are all his enemies, sworn enemies. Yang Zishang has always had a dream that one day he can
Climb to the high platform and watch the family members crying and screaming at the execution ground.
But this dream gradually became blurred as he got older, and finally turned into a fantasy in Yang Zishang's mind. He just thought that he would never see this day in his life and could only be a humble carpenter in his life.
It was not until the arrival of the Sichuan Army that Yang Zishang saw hope, so when Liu Zhang ordered the selection of talents, Yang Zishang broke into the field. An old man in his fifties competed with a group of young people for jobs.
Yang Zishang's talent was finally discovered, and Yang Zishang's previous worries that Liu Zhang advocated equality for poor families were just a situation and became unnecessary.
Logically speaking, Yang Zishang should be satisfied.
But when Liu Zhang asked Yang Zishang to persuade Xu Shu and the generals of Jingzhou to surrender, he really chose the wrong person. Regardless of whether Yang Zishang could persuade him to surrender, Yang Zishang was not willing at all.
Who is willing to persuade his enemies who once oppressed him to surrender and become his ministers? What's more, Yang Zishang can predict that if those people from aristocratic families surrender, they will ride on his head.
The aristocratic Yang Zishang was left without an official position for decades and suffered humiliation as a carpenter. Yang Zishang was unwilling to give in and wished that all the civil and military officials in Jingzhou were dead. Surrender would mean that there would be no way out.
No matter whether the Sichuan army can capture Xiangyang or not, Yang Zishang will not persuade him to surrender. Yang Zishang does not care whether the Sichuan army can capture Xiangyang. If he can capture Xiangyang, it would be best to kill those abominable family members. If he captures it, he will still have to surrender.
As a member of an aristocratic family, Yang Zishang would rather not live in Xiangyang.
In order for the Sichuan army to attack Xiangyang, Yang Zishang felt that an ear was nothing. Even if Zhang De really killed him at that time, when Liu Zhang heard that the envoy had been killed, with Liu Zhang's coldness, how could he not avenge himself? How could he not avenge the Sichuan army?
I'm afraid that after the city is captured, it will be massacred.
If so, Yang Zishang could laugh three times under the Nine Springs. (To be continued.