Liu Bei said to Xu Shu: "It's hot outside, Yuan Zhi will go back to the camp first, I have already ordered someone to prepare a banquet, I will be there later!" ”

"Yuan Zhi, please!" Zhuge Liang said to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu nodded, looking at Liu Bei's camp and the tens of thousands of mighty and majestic soldiers, a trace of remembrance flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but say: "On the eve of Chibi, the lord was only a county, and the soldiers under his command were less than 10,000, and now it is only eight years, and the lord has already dominated the three states, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and now it is even more in Cao Cao's head-to-head duel to win, and the revival of the Han family is hopeful!" ”

Zhuge Liang took Xu Shu into the camp, and at the same time introduced the generals in the army to Xu Shu: "Come, Yuanzhi, I will introduce you, this is General Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, this is Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng ......"

And Liu Bei walked behind with Xun Yu's wife and children.

He took such a fancy to Xu Shu, but he couldn't favor one over the other and snubbed Xun Yu's family.

You must know that Xun Yu's talent is better than Xu Shu.

Xun Yu's family is small, with Xun Yu's wife Tang, and Xun Yu's sons.

Xun Yu's eldest son is named Xun Yun, he is about twenty-five years old, seven feet tall, and has a dignified appearance.

Xun Yun asked his second brother Xun Yu to support his old mother Tang, and arched his hand to Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, I don't know where my father is?" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Your father is now in Chengdu, he is doing very well, and he is my son Adou's teacher, you can rest assured, I have set up a banquet in the camp, you have worked hard all the way, and eat and drink enough first, rest for one night, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you to Chengdu to reunite with Xun Lingjun." ”

"Father actually took his son as an apprentice?" Xun Yun was quite surprised when he heard this. In this way, when they arrive in Yizhou, they will not have a hard time.

"Come, please!" Liu Bei welcomed Xun Yun into the camp.

Xun Yun nodded and said, "Ming Gong, my mother has a tired journey, and her younger brothers are young, please arrange their accommodation first!" ”

"Someone, take Mrs. Xun and a few sons down to rest."

"Please!"

"Ming Gong, please!"

Xun Yun followed Liu Bei to the camp for a banquet.

A wine banquet was very lively, everyone toasted to Xu Shu, and everyone at the banquet recalled the events of the year, and they were all sighing.

The next day, Liu Bei ordered someone to send Xun Yu's wife to Chengdu first.

At present, Cao Cao has not withdrawn from the army, and Liu Bei cannot leave for the time being.

However, although Liu Bei can't leave Jigu at the moment, he also summoned the civil and military forces to arrange the affairs after leaving in advance.

After all, at present, Liu Bei's 150,000 army is all dependent on the supply of grain and grass from Hanzhong, although Hanzhong is rich, but it is difficult to bear it for a long time.

Arrange the things after leaving in advance, and when Cao Cao retreats, Liu Bei can directly lead his troops to leave.

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, you and I have been reunited, are you still willing to serve me now?" ”

"I am willing to go to the soup for the Lord!" Xu Shu took a deep breath and arched his hand.

Liu Bei used Xiahou Yuan to exchange him back, if he was still unwilling to serve Liu Bei, it would be too ignorant.

"Good!" Liu Bei was overjoyed and said: "Yuan Zhi, I appoint you as the general of the military division, and I will be in charge of the military aircraft with Kong Ming and Shi Yuan!" ”

"Thank you, lord!"

Everyone in the tent was not surprised when they heard Liu Bei's appointment.

Xu Shu's qualifications are already very old, if he hadn't been forced to join Cao Cao halfway, I'm afraid that his status is still above Zhuge Liang, after all, Zhuge Liang was also recommended by Xu Shu to Liu Bei.

Moreover, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are arrogant and arrogant, and they have always been above the top, Xu Shu is the first person to convince the two of them with their talents, and then Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.

You must know that in Xuzhou back then, Zhang Fei didn't listen to the words of Chen Deng, Liu Bei's confidant and adviser at that time.

Xu Shu had just received the official position, so he analyzed the situation for Liu Bei: "Lord, now that Cao Cao has changed back to Xiahou Yuan, I expect that he is ready to withdraw from the army." However, it was not the soldiers and horses on the Keitani side who retreated first, but the Yangping Pass side.

Wudu County has no danger to defend, now there are only 20,000 soldiers and horses of Zhang He, if Cao Cao retreats, he should order Zhang He of Wudu County to give up the argument, retreat to Qishan, and rebuild the defense line according to the danger of the mountain.

If Cao Cao's main force retreats first, the lord will lead a large army into Wudu, take advantage of the situation to go out of Qishan, and attack the land of Longxi, so Cao Cao must be here to contain the lord and let Zhang He retreat to Qishan Fort first.

The lord can order Pang De and Fa Xiaozhi to prepare properly, and Zhang He will immediately occupy Wudu County as soon as he retreats. Now the lord has been on the expedition for half a year, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, the weather is hot, and the soldiers and horses are also starting to get sick. ”

"Hmm!" What the military advisor said was reasonable, Liu Bei nodded and said: "Most of the cavalry under Cao Cao's Budugen have fallen ill, and the soldiers brought by me from Jingzhou have also begun to get sick. ”

Liu Bei immediately inspected among His Royal Highness, looked at Ma Chao, and said, "Meng Qi! ”

Ma Chao arched his hand: "The end will be!" ”

Liu Bei ordered: "Order you to go to Yangping Pass, take charge of the 25,000 troops in Yangping Pass, after Zhang He retreats, he will seize Wudu County, Governor Pang De, Ma Dai is responsible for guarding Wudu, Yangping Pass!" After the Wudu was pacified, the military division was returning to Yizhou! ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he added: "With Cao Cao's temperament, he ordered Zhang He to retreat, and he must make Zhang He empty the people of Wudu County, Meng Qi must let him succeed, otherwise Wudu County will be useless." ”

"No!" Ma Chao gave up his hand.

Liu Bei nodded, looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "Shangyong's side, Liu Feng, Meng Da has been pacified, right?" ”

Zhuge Liang arched his hand and said: "It's been settled!" ”

Liu Bei muttered: "The land of the mediocre, although it is not very rich, but the terrain is quite important, to the east can be used to deal with Jingzhou, to the north can threaten Luoyang. I want to separate it from Hanzhong and merge it into Jingzhou, what do the military advisors think? ”

Shangyong is subordinate to Hanzhong, but from a military point of view, Shangyong does not play a big role in Hanzhong.

On the contrary, it has a very large role for Jingzhou, Shangyong is adjacent to Nanyang, and it will be incorporated into Jingzhou under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, on the one hand, if Cao's army goes south to attack Jingzhou, Shangyong's soldiers and horses can threaten Nanyang. If Guan Yu goes north to attack Nanyang, Shangyong's soldiers and horses can respond from the side.

Only by classifying Shangyong into Jingzhou can the role be reflected.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Shangyong has no effect on Hanzhong, for Jingzhou, it is of great significance, it is naturally good to put Shangyong under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, but I don't know who the lord is going to let guard Shangyong?" ”

Liu Bei said without thinking: "The mediocrity is Liu Feng, who can achieve the pacification of the two people, and the two of them can be responsible for guarding the mediocrity!" ”