Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 288 Surprise
Chen Cang said.

"Axian, are you feeling cold?" After exchanging views on Chen Cangdao with Fazheng, Meng Da turned around and saw Deng Xian, who was swaying, and asked with a soft face.

"In the wilderness, there is no shelter, the wind is biting, and it's a bit cold. But please rest assured, uncle, I'm fine. It's okay to spend the night in the wilderness." Deng Xian stood up straight and stopped shaking his body. To keep warm, he straightened his chest and replied Meng Da.

Fa Zheng, a very smart person, naturally saw at a glance that Deng Xian was pretending, but he did not expose Deng Xian, but followed Deng Xian's thoughts and said: "Zijing, it's getting late, Chen Cang said The situation is almost over, so it’s better to go back.”

"That's fine." Meng Da was confident. He nodded, called for the guards following him to gather together, and headed towards Hechi County.

When the sky darkened, Fazheng, Mengda and his party arrived at the gate of Hechi County. Unfortunately, it was winter and Hechi County had just been captured from Yi King Dou Mao, so the defenders of Hechi County The city gate was closed early to avoid any accidents, so their group was blocked outside the city gate.

Therefore, Fazheng, Mengda and his party illuminated themselves with torches, shouted towards the top of the city, summoned their acquaintances to pass the news, and verified the document seals. After much trouble, the defenders opened the city gate and let them in. city, and did not fall into the miserable situation of spending the night in the wilderness outside the city.

"Fa Jun, Meng Jun, why are you coming back so late... It's already dark now, and I was still thinking of sending a team of people out of the city to meet you?" Yin Pu, the school captain who was on duty at the top of the city tonight, faced Fa Zheng and Meng Da. He came over and expressed condolences. He knew about Fazheng and Meng Da's inspection of Chencang Road.

Fazheng smiled apologetically, waved his hand and said, "I wanted to come back before dark, but while walking, I inevitably went deep into Chencang Road. The patrol was a little far away, so I came back later."

"What's going on today?" As soon as Fazheng finished speaking, Meng Da added, wanting to know if anything important happened in Hechi County during the time they left.

Yin Pu smiled slightly and said loudly: "Wudu County has just been settled, and the surroundings are not very peaceful. There are a lot of things... But when it comes to important things, there are only two things. One is Hanzhong. When the documents came, Ming Gong appointed Wu Zhonglang as the prefect of Wudu..."

"Prefect of Wudu." Before Yin Pu finished speaking, Meng Da was surprised. Then he smacked his mouth and said with a little envy: "General Wu Zhonglang is not yet thirty. Truly a blessed person.”

"Almost thirty, it's still thirty after all." Meng Da interrupted him. Yin Pu was not unhappy at all. He only caught the mistakes in Meng Da's words, and then he added: "Actually, General Wu Zhong is still relatively old, but Governor Huang of Hanzhong is really young. I remember that Governor Huang is still far from thirty. "

Yin Pu, like Meng Da, had a bit of envy in his words. After all, Wu Yi and Huang Quan were not even thirty years old and lived in two thousand dan. How could one not be envious? If ordinary people were less than thirty or forty years old, they would not be envious. How can I get a salary of two thousand dan without going through several times of experience as a county official in small and large counties?

Unlike Meng Da and Yin Pu, Fazheng had an indifferent expression and was as calm as water. He had already made a conclusion in his mind as to who the Wudu Prefect should belong to, and it was Wu Yi. After all, the war to conquer Wudu was under the control of Governor Wu Yi. In addition, he had heard a rumor, which may or may not be true, that Wu Yi's sister Wu Ran became Liu Zhang's guest. In this way, Liu Zhang and Wu Yi's status is close, and Wu Yi's talents are quite good. For a smart man like Fazheng, there is no possibility of unexpected selection for the post of Wudu Prefect.

But even though he had expected it, Fazheng was still more or less surprised and envious of Wu Yi. After all, this was two thousand dan for less than thirty years old. How many scholars had been pursuing this position for their entire lives, but they had not been able to reach this position.

Hearing Yin Pu talk about Huang Quan, with Huang Quan, a figure who has made more rapid progress, Wu Yi's position as Wudu governor is not enough. Meng Da sighed for a long time, put away the surprised look on his face, Meng Da asked Yin Pu about the second important matter.

Yin Pu shook his head mysteriously. He glanced around and whispered to Fazheng and Meng Da: "For the second thing, you need to go to the government office and learn from Wu Fujun that now I But it’s inconvenient to talk about.”

'Confidential matter. When Fazheng saw Yin Pu's appearance, he made a judgment. There are many secrets in the army that need to be discussed and discussed in private. Now they are in the city gate tower, with many people and mixed eyes, and word of mouth is spreading, just like What Yin Pu said is inconvenient to convey in words.

Farewell to Yin Pu who was on guard duty at night, Fazheng and Mengda headed towards the official office in Hechi County. On the way to the official office, Meng Da skillfully maneuvered his horse close to Fazheng's horse and lowered his voice to ask Fazheng Said: "Xiaozhi, what is the second important thing?"

"It should be something involving Guanzhong." Fazheng replied to Meng Da with a 70% to 80% certainty in his tone.

……

Nan Zheng Guan Temple. After Wenpin came to his service, Liu Zhang promoted Wenpin from captain to captain as usual. In these years, the position of a general had depreciated, and captain was not as valuable as before, so he was happy to use captain to win people's hearts.

Speaking of which, it is also a problem of the imperial court. The front of the imperial court is in the hands of insects like Li Jue and Guo Si. Not to mention the lieutenants, even the noble official positions of generals are all given out in bulk. For example, in order to appease Liang Liang, Li Jue and Guo Si previously Han Sui, the warlord of the state, appointed Ma Teng as General Andi and Han Sui as General Anjiang.

And even though Liu Xie was now out of the control of Li Jue and Guo Si, and embarked on the road back to Luoyang, Liu Xie, in order to win over the warlords who came to escort him and confront Li Jue and Guo Si who regretted letting him return east, also sent the imperial court to The famous weapons were misused to win people's hearts. Hu Le and Li Cai, who were like Baibo thieves, had to worship the position of general. Comparing the two, Liu Zhang is still considered a person who does not go too far, and he still has some bottom line.

As for the news that Hu Le and Li Cai were appointed generals, Liu Zhang learned about it from the carefully handed document in his hand. He had always been closely concerned about Liu Xie's whereabouts. After all, the Emperor of Han Dynasty was an extremely important person. The chess piece weighs extremely heavily on the balance of power.

Therefore, he also had some unreasonable thoughts about the emperor. He thought that it was absolutely necessary to use the emperor to command the princes and control the banner of the court's righteousness, so as to conquer the world.

only……

Thinking about it, Liu Xie had no fate with him after all. The mountains were high and the roads were far away and the roads were impassable. If he wanted to move the emperor to Shu, he could only say it was a fantasy or a dream.

Liu Zhang put down the documents about Liu Xie in his hand and sighed silently in his heart. Then he collected his thoughts and asked Wenpin, who was sitting next to him, "Zhongye, how many of the Jingzhou soldiers are willing to stay?"

Wenpin looked a little unhappy after hearing this. He joined Liu Zhang and was awarded the post of school captain. For a prisoner of Jingzhou, this was a great favor, but for the first person Liu Zhang entrusted to him, The task was to recruit the Jingzhou soldiers bought from Shangyong Redemption and stay in Hanzhong. However, he did not do this task well enough, which made him feel unhappy.

But Wenpin didn't make any modifications. He replied calmly: "Duke Ming, most of these thousands of Jingzhou soldiers miss their hometown and are unwilling to stay in Hanzhong. They want to return to their homeland and go to Jingzhou... Pin is incompetent. Although he is a After much persuasion, only about 300 people were willing to stay.”

After calmly talking about the completion of the task, Wenpin waited silently for Liu Zhang's reply. Although Liu Zhang did not give a specific target when he ordered this task, in Wenpin's heart, he convinced 70% of the Jingzhou soldiers to stay in Hanzhong. , even if the task is successfully completed, the task must be considered successful if at least half of the Jingzhou soldiers are persuaded to stay in Hanzhong, but now he has only convinced 30% of the soldiers, that is, more than 300 Jingzhou soldiers to stay in Hanzhong, which is far from what he wants. expected.

This is not to blame that Wenpin did not have enough prestige in the hearts of these Jingzhou soldiers to convince these more than a thousand Jingzhou soldiers to stay. Rather, these Jingzhou soldiers were subordinate to each other, and were under the banners of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other Jingzhou generals. Only some of the soldiers were under Wenpin's account, except for some of the soldiers who were familiar with Wenpin, because Wenpin's favor was willing to stay. Most of the soldiers in Hanzhong didn't feel much about Wenpin, so they were afraid of staying in the unfamiliar Hanzhong and hoped to return to Jingzhou.

And even among the Jingzhou soldiers who were familiar with Wenpin, some of them gave up following Wenpin when they thought about their homeland in Jingzhou, thinking that they could leave more than 300 people by returning to Jingzhou. Wenpin had already used nine methods. It took a lot of effort between Niu and Huhu.

"More than three hundred people." Liu Zhang smashed the number, and a smile appeared on his face after a moment. It was different from Wenpin's expected number. He was very satisfied with being able to keep more than three hundred Jingzhou soldiers, and he praised Wenpin: "Wen Qingqian did a great job in persuading more than 300 people to stay."

Liu Zhang sent Wenpin to persuade the Jingzhou soldiers to stay in Hanzhong. His original intention was to make a difference if there were no jujubes. After all, he spent money to redeem these Jingzhou soldiers, and leaving some soldiers behind could make up for some of his shortcomings.

"I'm ashamed to hear Duke Ming's compliments," Wenpin said humbly.

Liu Zhang turned around and asked Xun You: "Mr. Xun, where are Gan Ning and Lou Fa's troops?"

"According to the itinerary and the news conveyed by the scouts, we must have passed Yangping Pass and headed for Hechi." Xun You replied respectfully. The former chief secretary Huang Quan was appointed as the prefect of Hanzhong. He currently holds the position of chief secretary temporarily. He has been familiar with all the military intelligence news coming and going.

"Very good, Li Jue and Guo Si will not be able to react." Liu Zhang smiled. He planned to give Li Jue and Guo Si, who was in Hongnong County to block the emperor Liu Xiedong's return to Luoyang, a surprise, a fucking surprise.

(End of this chapter)