Chapter 40 Nian Tongzong Liu Zhang helps Liu Bei defend Jingnan Zhao Feng and Meng Huo

"We have been living and working in peace for decades, and we have not heard of the military revolution. If you use swords and soldiers recklessly, it is not the blessing of the people, nor is it the blessing of the lord!" A civil servant on the left frowned. He is none other than Huang Quan and Huang Gongheng in the rule of Yizhou.

"Mr. Gongheng's words are not good. This time, the six-way army attacked Liu Bei together. Liu Bei always has the ability to connect heaven and earth, and it is also a dead end. I wait for this good opportunity. If I can take the opportunity to take Yidu and Nanjun, I will have a chance to prosper in Shu. A general with a fierce face on the right said. He is Zhang Ren, who is known as the first general in Sichuan. It is said that his martial arts have been learned from a generation of gun prodigy, and the essence of shooting is still above Zhang Xiu, who is known as the gun king of the north. Today, the important civil and military officials in Shu, except for Yan Yan, a veteran garrisoned in Ba County, all came.

"General Zhang, don't underestimate Liu Bei. There are countless outstanding military officials. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, known as Wolong and Fengchu, are both wise and far-reaching people; the people of Wu Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng are also battlefield generals. Although General Zhang is brave, don't underestimate the heroes in the world. A five-short figure and ugly black-bearded scribe said slowly. The person in Sichuan is already short, and this person is even more short.

"Zhang Bie can't help but overdo it. He has the talent of literature and martial arts, and I am not a wine bag in Shu. Do you really want to fight or who is afraid of whom? Another general behind Zhang Ren said that he was Zhang Yi and Zhang Boyang, a hardcore fan of Zhang Ren. In his opinion, even a famous general in the world was just different from Zhang Ren.

For a while, the civil and military people in Shu also insisted on their own opinions. The civil servants all thought that it was not appropriate to have a feud with Liu Bei, while the generals were eager to make contributions to this, and for a moment, no one would accept anyone. Liu Zhang looked at the more and more noisy people in front of him, and his eyebrows frowned deeper and deeper. As a standard second generation of officials, Liu Zhang has always had no ambitions, and he pays attention to doing nothing. There are thousands of miles in the fertile fields in Shu, and the population is only more than a million. Over the years, the people have lived and worked in peace and down. Although Zhang Lu and Nanman attack from time to time, in general, especially in the central area of Chengdu, compared with the people in troubled times in the Central Plains, it is really like heaven.

Liu Zhang's father, Liu Yan, was also a small figure back then. This man was the governor of the county for the first time, and it was he who discovered the three brothers Liu Guanzhang, who came from the grassroots. Later, the chaos in the world was also his suggestion that Emperor Han Ling increase the power of state herdsmen in various places, thus causing the situation of princes to rise together. Liu Yan himself was awarded the title of Yizhou Pastoral. Since he came to Chengdu, he has also made a lot of achievements. Later, there was a rumor that he once wanted to be an emperor, so he secretly built the state pastoral government extremely magnificently. However, before the rumor was confirmed, Liu Yan suddenly passed away, and the matter was over.

Liu Chang has no ability in his life, but he still believes in his father's words. Liu Yan once told him that there were few real heroes in the world, including his brother Liu Bei and Liu Xuande. He said that he should not go against him in the future. Liu Zhang's words were kept in mind, so now even if Zhang Ren and others talked nonsense, he was not too tempted.

Liu Zhang looked at the Wenwu who were still quarreling, and finally found that there was a person who had not said a word. At present, he couldn't help saying strangely, "Why didn't filial piety say a word?" This person is Liu Zhang's master's book of law and filial piety. He has always been known for his resourcefulness and resourcefulness, and Zhang Song is not allowed to change. Liu Zhang couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that he didn't say a word.

Fa Zheng heard Liu Zhang's question, and then said, "Lord, don't be surprised. The right talent method is just thinking, so I didn't say anything for a while, so I didn't mean to snive you.

"What do you think of unknown filial piety?" Zhang Song and Fa Zheng were deeply in love. Knowing that he had always been resourceful, he asked quickly.

"Lord, General Zhang. With the danger of mountains and rivers in Yizhou, even if it captures Yidu and Nanjun, it is thousands of miles away from Chengdu, and there are mountains and rivers between them. After that, whether Liu Bei or Cao Jian occupied Jingzhou, the former certainly wanted to rob for revenge, but the latter always looked at the world and would not ignore these two counties. If the two of them send a large army to attack it, can our army defend it? After Fa Zheng's words, Zhang Ren and Liu Zhang were a little silent.

"With such a filial piety, is it better not to send troops?" Liu Zhang felt that Fa Zheng's words were more reasonable, so he hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to send troops, but I'm not going to Jingzhou." Fa Zheng said with a smile.

"Huh?" At this time, everyone was a little confused. "Since you don't go to Jingzhou, where are you going?" Liu Zhang said strangely. Not to mention him, Zhang Ren and others are also quite curious.

"South China, Han China!" The law is concise and authentic. Seeing that everyone did not understand, Fa Zhengsuo continued to explain: "Even if there is a tile in front of you, it is more cost-effective than the enclave thousands of miles away from the mountains. When Cao Qian's messenger Yang Xiu once said that among the six armies, there were two routes, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and Meng Huo in Nanzhong. Zhang Lu and Meng have attacked and disturbed our Yizhou for a long time. This time, if they take advantage of their soldiers to leave the country and take advantage of the empty defense to attack them, they will be able to drive the southerners back to the south of Lushui, and Zhang Lu can also be expelled from Hanzhong. Isn't it more cost-effective to eliminate the immediate troubles in this way than Yidu and Nanjun?

After Fa Zheng's words, everyone in the hall was silent, and many people began to think about whether his words were reasonable or not. After a long time, Zhang Ren was the first to say, "Xiao Zhi's words are not unreasonable. Instead of attacking Jing Xiang from afar, it is better to go to the enemy in front of you first. Lord, Ren is willing to lead the division of a brigade to break through the south and then the middle of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Ren was originally the most radical main faction. When he relaxed, the rest of the people would not say anything. At present, Liu Zhang also made up his mind to send the veteran Yan Yan to lead 50,000 troops to take advantage of the emptiness of the south to wave the army to the south, and be sure to send Meng Huo back to the south of Lushui. At the same time, Zhang Ren was ordered to lead 80,000 troops out of the Meng Pass to attack Zhang Lu, in order to recapture Hanzhong, Dangqu and other places.

Let's not talk about how to plan in Shuzhong. At this time, the atmosphere of Shouchun has gradually become a little tense. Since the beginning of spring, Cao Yan has repeatedly transferred troops to Xiangcheng, Liangjun, and the intention of going south has been clearly revealed. In the lieutenant's house, Pang Tong pointed to the map and talked, but his face was not as unruly as if he had nothing or even unruly, with a little solemnity. After a pause, Pang Tong pointed to several other places on the map and said, "Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had also sent troops to Yangping Pass before, hoarding with the West City, which always meant to offend our Zhangling County. In addition, Meng Huo in Nanzhong also began to gather people and horses, and would invade Wuling County at any time."

After Pang Tong's words, everyone in the hall felt a little heavy. One Cao is already so difficult to deal with, and now there are two more soy sauces. It's really raining all night.

"How is the garrison of our army?" Liu Bei, who was sitting there, asked faintly without any fluctuation in his expression.

"At present, there are still 100,000 troops in Xuzhou, 80,000 troops in Yangzhou, 50,000 troops in Yuzhou, 90,000 troops in Jingbei, less than 30,000 troops in Jingnan, and 20,000 troops in the four counties of Qingzhou. In addition, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in various counties, and there are also 30,000 Jingxiang sailors of General Gan. Pang Tong replied.

"In addition, Chai Sang still has 20,000 new recruits who are about to be trained and can serve next month." At this time, Chen Da, who was in charge of training, replied. According to Zhao Feng's theory, the proportion of the main front-line combat troops and population is about 1:20. After the previous wars and plagues, as well as Cao Qian's captrayal of the states and counties under Liu Bei's rule, there have suffered a lot of population losses. In particular, Jingzhou, several expeditions against Jiangdong and the battle in Jingbei almost made nearly a million people hungry. So much so that Jingzhou, which originally had a population of more than four million, is now estimated to be three million. There is also Xuzhou. At the beginning, Tao Qian's era claimed to have a household registration of 700,000 and a population of 2.5 million. After Cao's slaughter, although you have rested for several times, how can you slowly recuperate in troubled times? With several migrations, the population of Xuzhou is now estimated to be less than 2 million. Instead, Yangzhou and the four counties of Jingnan, because Zhao Feng has carried out production and construction there one after another, the total population of these two places is now more than two million. Not only Liu Bei, but also the population of Cao Jian and Hebei is also decreasing. The most typical thing is that everyone uses fewer and fewer troops in each battle. This is also the reason why Zhao Feng urgently hopes that this troubled era will end soon: he really doesn't want to wait until the national unity, and the population will be less than 20 million.

"Cao Mengde personally suppressed the border, and I went to fight in Liang County in person. Jingbei has a second brother and Kong Ming, as well as Fang Zhongye and others. Is it just Jingnan? Liu Bei looked at Jing Nan and frowned.

"There is General Zhao in Jingnan, and he is safe, but the troops are too few." Jian Yong expressed the worries in Liu Bei's heart. Liu Bei nodded and ordered, "Let Shuzhi lead the new army to Jingnan to help Bo Tao." After a pause, Liu Bei said again, "Since Cao's army is pressing the border, the water army is temporarily in force, and it can also go to Jingnan to help the war. If the war in Jingnan is tense, it can make Luling Taishou Jiling lead 30,000 troops to support Jingnan.

"I'll wait for the second time!" Pang Tong and others didn't think there was anything wrong, so they agreed. After counting, Chen arrived and led 10,000 new troops and the Jingxiang sailors led by Gan Ning to go south to Jingnan to help the battle.

"Xingba, Uncle, Youping, I'm much more relieved to have you!" In Han Shou's rebellious general's mansion, Zhao Feng received Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and Chen Zhi, who had just arrived by boat, with an unprecedented smile on his face.

"General Zhao, the lord asked me to help the general defend Jingnan and resist the invasion of the barbarians in the south." Chen came to hold the boxing.

"Ha ha, it's not just guarding Jingnan. With your help, I am sure to send Meng Huo, the barbarian king of Nanzhong, back to his hometown!" Zhao Feng was full of confidence, and Zhuge Liang's capture of Meng Huo was not in vain. Of course, what he didn't know was that at this time, Yan Yan was leading the army to raid Meng Huo's nest.

It is not to mention that Zhao Feng was fighting in Jingnan. At the same time, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang led 50,000 troops to Wancheng in the north and sat in Wancheng with Li Tong to resist Cao Qian's invasion, but left Li Yan to stay in Xiangyang and Fancheng. In addition, Cao Yan and Liu Bei also led a large army to confront Liang County. After more than a year of rest, several princes began to prepare to fight again.

(to be continued)