Zhuge Liang nodded, but didn't say anything.

In fact, from the bottom of my heart, Liu Feng and Mengda are not suitable for guarding the mediocrity.

First of all, the talents of the two are insufficient.

Shangyong's inclusion in Jingzhou is of great strategic significance, and it is necessary to cooperate with Jingzhou to carry out military operations.

Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, the two of them want to send troops to respond, if Cao Cao marches south, the two of them want to send troops to contain them, and if Cao's army attacks Shangyong, the two of them will protect themselves.

Therefore, it is necessary to deal with these three major problems.

Liu Fengyong is brave, but he has no brains, a strong personality, and cannot unite his subordinates.

And Meng Da's talent is average, and he has a bigger drawback, that is, disloyalty.

As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

It is not unreasonable for Meng Da to play with Fa Zheng and Li Yan together.

Fa Zheng will be repaid, Li Yan, Meng Da, not pure ministers.

Li Yan was fine during Liu Bei's period, but later Liu Bei died of illness, and his problems were exposed.

suggested that Zhuge Liang divide five counties to establish Bazhou, let him serve as the assassin of Bazhou, and also instigated Zhuge Liang to be the king, because he was dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's transfer of him to Jiangzhou, he deliberately told Zhuge Liang that Sima Yi persuaded him to surrender and forced Zhuge Liang to give him an official and a knight.

Later, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he was not effective in transporting grain, but shirked his responsibility, saying that Zhuge Liang missed the opportunity, and finally led to being demoted.

Later generations often say that Zhuge Liang eliminated dissidents and ruined Li Yan's talent, but few people know that it was actually Li Yan's improper mind and he took the blame.

And Meng Da is similar to Li Yan, who is also a scheming person.

It is said that Lu Bu is a slave with three surnames, in fact, Meng Da also changed three masters, first he followed Fa Zheng to Liu Bei, and then betrayed Liu Feng, turned his back on Liu Bei and took refuge in Cao Pi, and later because Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he was ready to return to Shu Han, and was finally killed by Sima Yi, which shows that Meng Da is a half-hearted wallgrass.

Meng Da is not a pure minister, Liu Bei is strong, but if Liu Bei loses power, the situation is not good for him, maybe Meng Da will change his master.

Therefore, with the talents of Liu Feng and Meng Da, it was not enough to defend one side and cooperate with Guan Yu to carry out military operations.

This is the case in history, the two were responsible for guarding Shangyong, when Shangyong had been included in Jingzhou, Guan Yu was in danger, but the two sat idly by. And the problem of the mediocre and powerful has not been solved.

This is their ability, if they have the ability to solve the problems of the Shangyong family, have the courage, and have the ability to send troops to rescue Guan Yu, maybe the battle of Xiangfan will be a different situation.

But Liu Bei still doesn't know what Meng Da is like, and if Liu Chan is here, he may stop Liu Bei.

And let Liu Feng Mengda guard the mediocrity, Liu Bei also thought it through.

First of all, Liu Feng was loyal to Liu Bei, even if Liu Feng lost his mediocrity in history, Meng Da asked him to surrender, but he did not surrender.

And Meng Da belongs to the Yizhou Dongzhou faction.

Meng Da has a good relationship with Fa Zheng and Li Yan.

He and Fa Zheng are fellow villagers, and when the world was in turmoil, he followed Fa Zheng to Yizhou, and after arriving in Yizhou, he and Li Yan became close friends. In the Dongzhou faction, it occupies a pivotal position.

Liu Bei's subordinates were divided into Jingzhou faction, Yizhou faction, and Dongzhou faction.

If you want to stabilize your rule, these three factions also need to be balanced.

Now under Liu Bei, Jingzhou is completely controlled by Guan Yu of the Jingzhou faction, and in Yizhou, it is divided by the Jingzhou faction, the Yizhou faction, and the Dongzhou faction, the Jingzhou faction is dominant, and the Dongzhou faction is the weakest.

Meng Da is the general of the Dongzhou faction, so let him guard Shangyong, and also promote the power of the Dongzhou faction, so as to balance the intention of the Yizhou faction.

Because of Hanzhong's side, Liu Bei planned to let Zhang Ren, who belonged to the Yizhou faction, be stationed.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang did not object, Liu Bei looked at Zhang Ren at the head of the head, and Yang Ren and the two said: "My son Adou has stabilized the situation in Nanzhong, and set up the governor of Nanzhong, and ordered Li Hui to be responsible for guarding Nanzhong and coordinating the affairs of Nanzhong.

This is a good move, so I am going to establish the Governor of Hanzhong, who will be responsible for the military and political affairs of Hanzhong. Zhang Ren, I appoint you as the governor of Hanzhong, Yang Ren, I appoint you as the deputy governor of Hanzhong, responsible for guarding Hanzhong. ”

Hanzhong and Nanzhong are actually about the same, thousands of miles away from Chengdu, if there is an urgent war, Chengdu has no time to deal with it, only to delegate power, set up a governor, and hand over the affairs to loyal and reliable, and can excellent henchmen management.

However, Liu Bei did not let Wei Yan guard Hanzhong this time.

Because Liu Bei has a more suitable candidate.

Wei Yan and Zhang Ren are both loyal to Liu Bei.

Although Zhang Ren's time for defecting to Liu Bei was much shorter than Wei Yan's, no one would question Zhang Ren's loyalty.

In the first battle, he defeated Cao Jun with fire and defeated Xu Huang to reverse the defeat, which was his famous battle.

Compared with Wei Yan, Zhang Ren's talent is more outstanding.

In fact, Wei Yan's talent is not very high.

Wei Yan's fame mainly comes from what Liu Bei said when he asked him to guard Hanzhong, and the conspiracy of Meridian Valley.

At that time, Liu Bei asked Wei Yan to serve as the governor of Hanzhong, and Liu Bei asked him how to deal with Cao Cao's attack.

Wei Yan said: If Cao Cao comes with all the strength of the country, I ask for the king to block him, and if a partial general comes with an army of 100,000, I ask for the king to annex him.

This sentence is indeed imposing, but in fact, Cao Cao has not attacked Hanzhong at all.

As for the Meridian Valley conspiracy, it is the source of Wei Yan's fame.

Many people are familiar with Wei Yan because of this Meridian Valley conspiracy.

Liu Bei's first Northern Expedition, because the Chang'an guard general Xiahou Nan was a disciple of Anointing Liang, so Wei Yan asked to lead 5,000 troops to attack Chang'an in the Meridian Valley, and released his bold ambition, and he could come to Chang'an City in half a month.

Zhuge Liang did not agree, which caused infinite reverie for future generations.

In fact, whether the Meridian Valley conspiracy can succeed can be seen from Cao Zhen.

Because Cao Cao also walked through the Meridian Valley, it took a month to walk less than half of the distance, and in history, there were many people who walked through the Meridian Valley, but none of them were successful. For example, Sima Xun who was wrapped in dumplings, Gao Yingxiang, who was wiped out by the whole army, and a general in modern times who couldn't find a water source after walking for three days, etc......

Except for the heroic ambition when guarding Hanzhong, and the impossible success of the Meridian Valley conspiracy, Wei Yan's other performances are relatively mediocre, and during the Northern Expedition, he has always played the role of a general.

Even after Zhuge Liang died of illness, Wei Yan's behavior was even more incomprehensible......

Wei Yan has a reckless personality, brave and unscrupulous, compared to Wei Yan, Zhang Ren is brave and strategic, and his personality is kind, gentle and elegant, able to unite his subordinates, and is more suitable for guarding Hanzhong.

And Yang Ren is a native of Hanzhong, his talent is not bad, his personality is similar to Zhang Ren, there are Zhang He and Yang Ren to guard Hanzhong together, even if Cao Cao really comes to attack, the two can also defend Hanzhong.

Liu Bei pondered, looked at everyone and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the two generals are good at military affairs, but they don't understand government affairs, and the people in Hanzhong are mostly religious, but they are a little difficult to govern, who of you can stay to assist the two generals and govern Hanzhong." ”

In history, although Liu Bei got Hanzhong, the people of Hanzhong were basically emptied by Cao Cao, so Liu Bei later directly appointed Wei Yan as the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Because there were few people in Hanzhong, Wei Yan's main duty was to garrison Hanzhong.

Today, however, it is different.

Liu Bei directly got the land of Hanzhong, and the common people Cao Cao didn't get any of them.

Although there is only one county in Hanzhong, but at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, and the Xiliang army was in turmoil, many people in Guanzhong fled to Hanzhong, and there was no war in Hanzhong, and now the people in Hanzhong have as many as four or five hundred thousand, so many people, but they must be governed by a civil official.

A group of civil officials listened to Liu Bei's words, but no one stood up.

Hanzhong is not easy to govern.

Hanzhong under Zhang Lu's rule is a combination of politics and religion, Zhang Lu is the Taoist master, Liu Bei will leave Hanzhong when the time comes, Zhang Lu will also leave together, as soon as Zhang Lu leaves, Hanzhong implements a new system, there will be many problems exposed, and non-great sages cannot solve them.

Seeing that no one recommended himself, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh and said: "It seems that only Huang Gongheng, Liu Zichu, Dong Youzai, and Li Zhengfang can govern Hanzhong." ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he threw his hand out: "Why did the lord abandon me?" ”