Yang Zishang returned to the Sichuan camp, and the generals of the Sichuan army looked at Yang Zishang's bloody ears, and immediately exploded the pot, all howling to lead the troops to attack Gu Xiangyang.

It's so powerful to smash a rural grain cabinet out of a big hole, he has followed Liu Zhang for so long, although it is difficult step by step, but where has he been insulted like this.

"Please give the lord an order, the last general is willing to lead troops to attack the city, not Xiangyang, please behead a certain head."

"The last general is willing to lead his troops to attack the city."

"Please give the order of the lord to attack Xiangyang immediately."

The generals asked for their lives one after another, and the sound of armor rubbing in the hall rang out, and the heroic Zhang Ren finally stood up and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Lord, Xu Shu has insulted me too much, and now the morale of the generals is high, and the time has come to attack the city." "Zhang Ren does not ask for orders easily, once he asks for orders, he will inevitably make up his mind.

Liu Zhang waved his hand to Yang Zishang, who was covered with half of his face: "Go down and heal." ”

"Yes."

Yang Zishang retreated, Liu Zhang sat on the couch silently, leaned on the hidden sac and pondered for a while, his face gradually turned stronger, he stood up, slowly pulled out his sword, cut off the corner of the case with a sword, and said in a deep voice: "The generals obey orders." ”

"The end will be." The generals shouted in unison.

"Since ancient times, the envoy was exempted from war, Xu Shu was unkind, and the herd was unjust, from now on, God can learn from God, the Jingzhou soldiers of ancient Xiangyang are the mortal enemies of our Sichuan army, if he is disposed of by Japanese officials against the norm, it is Xu Shu who eats the consequences of his own evil and brings about his own destruction."

"The lord is wise." Acoustic roof tiles.

"Go back to the camp separately, and Zhang Ren stays."

"Yes."

The generals strode away, all holding back their strength, Zhang Ren looked at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang said: "You immediately go and collect all the utensils that can hold water, fill them with water, the more the better, and ask the soldiers to control the mountain springs in the nearby mountains." ”

Zhang Ren looked at Liu Zhang, a little puzzled: "Lord, it's the middle of summer now, and it's just raining, what are you doing collecting clean water?" ”

"Don't worry about it yet, you can prepare yourself."

"Yes."

"Wait, collect dry wood and tung oil at the same time."

"Yes."

After Zhang Ren left, Liu Zhang returned the sword to the sheath, threw it aside, sat back on the collapse, and Fa Zheng stepped forward and said, "Has the lord finally decided?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at Fa Zheng and suddenly asked, "What do you think of Yang Zishang?" ”

Fa Zheng groaned: "Talented, but narrow-minded and selfish, this is also a common problem of poor officials." ”

Liu Zhang smiled: "You can also see it." ”

There is a lack of civil officials in the Sichuan army, and in order to consolidate Yizhou, civil officials did not dare to bring out more, so they selected talents among the Shu people and Hanmen who served them.

A carpenter can read and hyphenation, and has a good eloquence and courage, which is very rare. Yang Zishang was originally a small official, but because he was suppressed by the clan and refused to submit, he became a carpenter in anger.

Fa Zhengdao: "But this does not affect the Lord's decision." ”

Liu Zhang didn't answer, he looked at the ground silently, Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang's expression, suddenly realized, and sighed lightly: "It turns out that the lord just pretended to show the generals." ”

Liu Zhang was still silent, as Fa Zheng said, he was indeed pretending to be a general just now, Yang Zishang did not follow his and Fa Zheng's instructions, first go to Zhang De, and then suppress Xu Shu, just rely on Zhang De's rice bag, it is easy to fall into the scheme, so at least there is a certain hope of persuasion, even if it cannot be persuaded to surrender, it will definitely succeed in provoking division.

Yang Zishang instead angered the Jingzhou generals, although he showed the arrogance of the envoy and raised the military prestige, but it was simply a self-destructive mission, and it can be said that Yang Zishang lost one ear to blame.

Liu Zhang drew his sword and beheaded the case, but he had to do it, Xu Shu insulted the messenger, that is, he insulted Liu Zhang himself, how could he not show it.

But it's not just that, mobilizing the emotions of the soldiers, collecting water and firewood and grass, Liu Zhang's final words to the generals are not a kind of preparation.

It's just that Liu Zhang hasn't finally made up his mind yet.

"Lord, we can't delay it any longer, if we drag it out any longer, I'm afraid we won't have enough time."

As time passes, the Sichuan army is getting closer and closer to the day when the army has to retreat, Fa Zheng is anxious, the attack on Jingzhou is a process of sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, Fa Zheng believes that if the troops are withdrawn this time, the Sichuan army will not be able to enter Xiangyang in this life.

Liu Zhang's index finger tapped on a few cases one by one, and asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there in Gu Xiangyang?" ”

Fa Zheng immediately replied: "It turns out that there are not a single common people, and this time tens of thousands of people have moved in from the outskirts of the city...... About 20,000. ”

"Twenty thousand." Liu Zhang read it silently, Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang, knowing that Liu Zhang was also struggling in his heart at this time, if Liu Zhang really didn't plan to do that, he wouldn't ask Zhang Ren to collect water and firewood and grass, and he wouldn't cut off that piece of case.

At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Report to the lord, news has come from Hukou that Jiangdong General Jiang Qin Zhoutai has led 10,000 sailors and 20,000 soldiers to the west, and he has been a Chaisang." ”

"Jiangdong soldiers are finally here." Liu Zhang said a word, but before Fa Zheng could speak, another soldier rushed in and said loudly: "Lord, it's not good, Dangyang, Linfang, there is chaos in Xiling County, the original surrendered county soldiers are gathering as bandits, and General Jiangling Huang Zhong is leading the army to crusade." ”

Fa Zheng and Liu Zhang's faces have changed, since entering Jingbei, it has long become the norm for various places to attach and not return, Liu Zhang knew that sooner or later it would be a hidden danger, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, when Yang Linfu Xiling and other places, located in the key point from Yubei Pass to Jiangling, threatening Zigui Yiling and other cities, if the rebellion is not suppressed, it means that the grain road from Chengdu to Jiangling is cut off.

After the relief of the Jiangling granary, the grain and grass of the Sichuan army were completely cut off, which was much greater than the threat of the Jiangdong army going north.

"My lord." Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang's movements of knocking on the desk became slower and slower, and finally pressed on the cold face of the case, and said in a deep voice: "Order Zhang Ren to prepare a bow and arrow, and the whole army will hunt tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Fa Zheng was extremely excited, bowed solemnly, and responded loudly.

………… Yang Zishang had gauze wrapped around his head, and returned to the carpenter's barracks with joy, and the craftsmen who were sawing and breaking ink and loading shelves immediately surrounded him.

"How's that, how's that? Did the emperor make you an official? ”

"Is it sealed, is it sealed?"

"I don't think it's reliable."

These carpenters were even more excited than Yang Zishang, and they rubbed their hands and asked questions, although Liu Zhang stipulated that the military under his command prohibited discrimination against industry and commerce, but those literati did not say it, but actually looked down on the craftsmen, and the craftsmen themselves were used to it, and they felt that it was a great honor to be able to produce a big official in their craftsman's camp.

However, some craftsmen obviously did not believe it, and they had never heard of a lowly craftsman who could become an official.

Yang Zishang smiled, took out a token, and shook it in front of the craftsmen, "See, see, the lord not only made me an official, but also bigger than promised before, engaged in Zhonglang, the third in the military Chinese, the third, see." ”

Yang Zishang shook the token around, and in the envious eyes of everyone, he carefully put it in his arms.

"Sheep, what's the matter with your ears?" Someone finally saw Yang Zishang's ears.

"Leave him alone, it's cost-effective to change one ear to one Zhonglang." Yang Zishang didn't care, as if the ear wasn't his.

Yang Zishang put the token in his arms, pressed it twice, and felt the touch and temperature of the token with his underwear, satisfied, he came here to show off, after so many years, he finally came out.

At least, in the Sichuan army, Yang Zishang did not feel obvious discrimination, let alone suppression and humiliation, he didn't need to look at people's faces, even if he was born in a craftsman camp, he could be a real official, not a puppet of the children of the clan.

Yang Zishang wants to be an official, he dreams of it, but his natural arrogance makes him unable to mix in the officialdom that respects the prince, Yang Zishang was a county official when he was young, and he left angrily for this reason, no one knows how determined Yang Zishang was, so he had the courage to say goodbye to the officialdom he was obsessed with.

Because of this, Yang Zishang hated those families, especially those who were officials in Jingzhou.

From the Battle of Baichuan, many Jingzhou officials abandoned the city and fled, and were included in Xiangyang, these people in Yang Zishang's view, are his enemies, enemies who do not share the sky, Yang Zishang has always had a dream, one day to be able to climb the high platform, see the family crying in the execution ground.

But this dream gradually blurred as he grew older, and finally slowly turned into a fantasy in Yang Zishang's mind, thinking that he would never see this day in his life, and he could only be a humble carpenter for the rest of his life.

It wasn't until the arrival of the Sichuan army that Yang Zishang saw hope, so when Liu Zhang ordered the selection of talents, Yang Zishang broke his head, and the old man in his fifties and a group of young people were fighting for jobs.

Yang Zishang's talent was finally discovered, and Yang Zishang's previous worries that Liu Zhang's advocacy of equality between the poor families was just a situation and became redundant.

It stands to reason that Yang Zishang should be satisfied.

But Liu Zhang asked Yang Zishang to persuade Xu Shu to surrender and persuade the generals in Jingzhou to surrender, that was really the wrong person, no matter whether Yang Zishang could persuade him to surrender or not, Yang Zishang was unwilling at all.

Who wants to persuade his enemies who have oppressed him to be his own courtiers? What's more, Yang Zishang can expect that if that group of family members comes over, they will ride on their heads in the same way.

The son of the family has harmed the arrogant Yang Zishang for decades without an official to do, as a carpenter, suffering humiliation, Yang Zishang is unwilling, and he can't wait for Jingzhou to die in all the civil and military forces, surrender, and there is no door.

Regardless of whether the Sichuan army can beat Xiangyang or not, Yang Zishang will not persuade him to surrender, Yang Zishang doesn't care whether the Sichuan army can take Xiangyang, it is best to take Xiangyang and kill those hateful families, if he still has to succumb to the sons of the family after taking it, Yang Zishang would rather not Xiangyang.

In order for the Sichuan army to attack Xiangyang, Yang Zishang felt that an ear was nothing, even if Zhang De really killed himself at that time, as soon as Liu Zhang heard that the messenger was killed, with Liu Zhang's coldness, could he avenge himself? Can you not be ashamed of the Sichuan army? I am afraid that after taking the city, the city will be slaughtered.

If this is the case, Yang Zishang can laugh three times under Jiuquan.

(To be continued)