Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 34 The arrogant Liu Bei sends generals to Zhuge Qiao
  As early as when Liu Bei decided to capture Dongsan County, Zhuge Liang had already anticipated this possible outcome.

however.

Just as Zhuge Qiao said in his home letter: Kuai Qi is a stubborn man. He only knows how to be loyal to the emperor, but cannot distinguish right from wrong. Now that he is defending himself in Fangling, there will inevitably be disaster.

If Kuai Qi died due to war, how could he blame the general who used force?
  However, people are not ruthless, and Zhuge Liang's tone was still a little unnatural when he said this.

Liu Bei sighed secretly and ignored the topic: "Aqiao said in the letter that he hopes that the military advisor can send several generals who are good at fighting in the army to help."

"I have a suitable candidate here. His surname is Wang Mingping, and his given name is Zijun. He is originally from Danququ, Brazil County. He later moved to Luoyang with the seven Yi kings of Brazil County, and was appointed by Cao Cao as a fake school captain."

"When Cao Cao withdrew from Hanzhong, he left in a hurry, so he left behind many generals from Yizhou. Wang Ping was one of them."

"I saw that Zijun had a loyal heart and was brave in battle, so I persuaded him to surrender with great righteousness. Zijun was grateful for his righteousness and surrendered to me, so I made him a general of Yamen."

"Zi Jun is a cautious person, so I personally think it is very appropriate to go to Jiangling City to assist A Qiao."

Zhuge Liang no longer thinks about Kuai Qi. Relatively speaking, Zhuge Liang is more concerned about Zhuge Qiao's actions in Jingzhou.

Since Zhuge Qiao wrote to ask for a general, it means that the situation in Jingzhou is more complicated than Zhuge Liang expected.

If you ask for a general, it is very likely that you have to change the general!
  Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Wang Ping is from Brazil County. Although he is loyal and brave, he is not familiar with the geography of Jingzhou. I think your lord needs to dispatch a few more generals from Jingzhou to go with him."

Liu Bei recruited many generals from Jingzhou, such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Fu Wei, Liu Yong, Hao Pu, Huo Jun, Zong Yu, Deng Zhi, Zhuo Ying, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Deng Fang, Fukuang, Gao Xiang, Wang Shi, Han Ran, Zhao Rong, etc.

Although these generals had different circumstances, such as Huo Jun who had died of illness and Hao Pu who had surrendered to Sun Quan, almost all of them had made many military exploits and held important military or local positions.

It seemed that no one was suitable to be assigned to assist Zhuge Qiao, and Liu Bei didn't know how to assign him for a while.

"Does the military advisor have a suitable candidate?" Liu Bei directly asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's concerns and chuckled: "My lord, why do you need to be in trouble? Allocating the generals from Jingzhou to help Aqiao is not to serve as a guard for Aqiao, but to make meritorious deeds in Jingzhou. If there is merit, can those who Will the general from Jingzhou still be dissatisfied?"

Liu Bei reacted and smiled: "I thought too much just now. In that case, I can order Zong Yu, Deng Zhi and Fu Xu to go."

Zong Yu and Deng Zhi both lived to be over seventy years old. They were high-ranking generals in the later period of Ji Han and witnessed the rise and decline of Ji Han.

Fu Wei fought for Liu Bei after the Battle of Yiling. Before his death, he shouted "Wu Gou! How can a Han general surrender!". His son Fu Qian was also a general who fought to the death.

In terms of loyalty and bravery, the three generals Zong Yu, Deng Zhi, and Fu Wei are all impeccable.

Liu Bei also admired the loyalty and bravery of the three generals. In addition, the three generals also had local experience. In particular, Deng Zhi had served as the prefect of Guanghan for several years. During his tenure, he was honest, rigorous and had great achievements in governance.

After returning from the Hanzhong war, Liu Bei left all three generals in Chengdu.

After careful consideration, Zhuge Liang expressed his approval of Liu Bei's personnel deployment: "It's not enough to have generals but no soldiers. You can order the four generals to each bring twenty good soldiers to Jiangling City."

Bringing too many soldiers will not only affect the journey, but also make it difficult to supply supplies on the road.

In addition, Cao Cao was still in Chang'an, and Liu Bei did not dare to easily let Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and other generals lead the army to Jingzhou to help out. Otherwise, if Cao Cao judged that Liu Bei's troops were insufficient and then attacked Hanzhong, Liu Bei would have no choice but to sit back and watch Cao Cao. Liu Bei asked Meng Da from Zigui to attack the three eastern counties. In addition to Fazheng wanting Meng Da to perform meritorious service, it was also because Yizhou soldiers and horses wanted to be wary of Cao Cao.

Zhuge Qiao mentioned in his letter that Liu Feng should station troops in Zigui, but Liu Bei did not adopt it.

After confirming the personnel to go to Jingzhou, Liu Bei wasted no time and immediately summoned General Zuo Ma Liang, General Wang Ping of Yamen, General Zong Yu, General Deng Zhi and General Fu Xu.

All the generals were delighted to learn that they were going to Jingzhou to help Zhuge Qiao.

Just as Zhuge Liang said, who would not want to go to Jingzhou to have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds?

If you take a civilian position and evaluate your political performance when managing local areas, it will take you who knows how many years to get promoted; but if you take a military position and judge military merit, your promotion speed will be much faster than that of a civilian position!
  While they are still young and can still fight, generals are naturally inclined to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds.

Although Liu Bei did not directly say that Guan Yu wanted to go to the Northern Expedition, the generals were not fools. If they just went to Jingzhou to help Zhuge Qiao, why would he need to recruit four generals from the army and add a left general and Ma Liang to go to Jingzhou to govern?
  This must be because something big is going to happen in Jingzhou, so this level of personnel transfer will be carried out.

"Except Jichang, the four generals went to Jiangling City. They should not show their identities. They must obey the orders of Zhuge Qiao, the eldest son of the military advisor." Liu Bei also knew that Zhuge Qiao was hiding in Jiangling City, so he carefully warned Zong Yu, Deng Zhi, Fu Wei and Wang Ping. Four generals.

Although he didn't know Zhuge Qiao's specific abilities, Liu Bei did not neglect Liu Bei's instructions to the four generals.

"General, I will obey your lord's military orders!" The four generals spoke sonorously and had firm eyes.

Liu Bei was very good at winning people's hearts, and he immediately said to the four generals: "When things happen in Jingzhou, I will personally pay tribute to the four generals."

The fourth general was even more moved.

A soldier dies for his confidant, not to mention that the person in front of him is Liu Bei, the general of the left.

Liu Bei left Ma Liang alone again and said carefully: "Ji Chang, this time you go to Jingzhou to replace Pan Chengming. Pan Chengming will inevitably have complaints in his heart."

"You have to comfort me. If Pan Chengming doesn't want to come to Chengdu to take up a job, there's no need to force him. I will go to Jingzhou to see Pan Chengming in person when things happen in Jingzhou."

"In addition, I heard from the military advisor that you have a relationship with Samoko, the leader of the Wuxi Barbarians. Later, you will go to the treasury to get more gold, silver, and silk, and some blank general seal ribbons. After you go to Jingzhou, you can replace them. I recruit the Wuxi barbarians."

Ma Liang nodded: "Don't worry, my lord, I will never let you down."

Liu Bei added: "Since I appointed Ji Chang to be the ruler of Jingzhou, I believe in Ji Chang's ability. You must remember that your mission is to fully cooperate with Yunchang to advance Xiangfan."

Ma Liang was stunned.

When General Cai Zongyu was there just now, Liu Bei didn't explicitly say that Guan Yu wanted to attack Xiangfan. Now when he talked about it alone, Ma Liang also understood why Liu Bei asked him to replace Pan Jun.

"It must be that Pan Jun is at odds with the prince. The lord is worried that Pan Jun will affect the prince's progress in Xiangfan."

"Changes will happen later. We can't waste any time on the way to Jingzhou."

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