Cen Qi and his troops appeared this time, and the effect was shocking, and there was a commotion in the stands. Liu Yan and Pang Tong didn't feel anything. But the civil officials, as well as the other audience members who were invited to be Zhang Song's foils, were not so calm.

I have long heard that there is a force in Jingzhou that is the elite of the elite, and the princess relied on this army to lay down the territory of the nine counties of Jingxiang.

However, what is heard is heard, and what is heard is false, and what is seen is believing. When this force really appeared in front of them, they realized that what they had heard was not deep enough.

It wasn't until they had seen it with their own eyes and experienced it that they knew what the real iron-blooded master was.

Liu Yan was very satisfied with the effect created by Cen Qi, and she said to Pang Tong happily: "Look, they have made progress again! It is not in vain that I insist on building iron armor for them, which will cost me a lot of money! For this matter, Mr. Mi has not asked me to grind his tongue." Mi Zhu, who was named, sneezed for no reason.

Pang Tong nodded very cooperatively: "Now it seems that your original insistence was right, with them, you can go wherever you want!"

"Really?" Liu Yan smiled casually: "I'm not curious about anything else, I just want to see how wonderful the water conservancy facility that turns Shuzhong into the granary of the world is." I don't know if I can get my wish. Although I haven't been to Shuzhong, I know some news about Shuzhong, and I heard that Ma Chao, the first warrior of Xiliang, has entered Shu?"

The words were asked to Pang Tong, but obviously he didn't want Pang Tong to answer. Zhang Song on the side only felt cold, and the whole person seemed to be soaked in ice water, and the coolness from his bones was revealed.

"That Ma Chao has a big enmity with Cao Thief, it is said that it is the revenge of killing his father, he entered Shu, didn't he transfer this hatred to Liu Yizhou's head? Hey, by the way, Mr. Zhang went to Xu Du to face the saint, did Cao Thief see you?" Liu Yan turned her head and asked Zhang Song at this time.

"See, see or not, this, this, see is see...... But, although Ma Chao entered Shu, it was Zhang Lu, a thief in Hanzhong......" Zhang Song said incoherently.

"Oh, by the way, and Zhang Lu, how did I forget him, the situation in your Shu is also quite chaotic!" Liu Yan said with a smile: "That's it, if you are not in his position, you don't seek politics, your affairs in Shu, let you Shu people consume it first!"

Speaking of which, Liu Yan signaled to Pang Tong that today's performance would end here, and Pang Tong and Xu Shu, who had already left, would be ordered by Liu Yan to reward the three armies. These things were handed over to Pang Tong and Jiang Wan to deal with, and Liu Yan took the ox cart and the guards back to the princess's mansion. The rest of the audience on stage was left whispering.

The next day, a document was delivered to Zhao Yun, who named Zhao Yun as the general of the Iron Cavalry, and held a ceremony to worship the generals on an auspicious day. Not long after the documents were sent out, the guards outside reported that Pang Junshi asked to see him. Liu Yan was stunned, why did Pang Tong come, shouldn't he go with Xu Shu to reward the three armies today? Why do you still have time to ask to see yourself?

didn't have time to think about it, Liu Yan ordered to come in. But he saw Pang Tong happily stepped forward and bowed his hand to Liu Yan: "My subordinates have come to introduce a person to Her Royal Highness the Princess, this person has the talent to defend the land and the country, and he is the best talent you are in need of now." ”

"Oh, is it?" Liu Yan looked at Pang Tong funny: "Since he is the person highly recommended by the senior brother, then invite him in." Let me see what is so special about this man that deserves so many good things you can say about him. ”

In my impression, Pang Tong has always been a person who is not good at words. I can't talk at all, so I'm naturally not good at communicating. Although he is from Jingzhou, he is not very familiar with other colleagues in Jingzhou. Today, she suddenly ran to Liu Yan to recommend talents, which made Liu Yan really surprised.

Pang Tong went out, and then a person who looked about the same age as Wei Yan came in, walked up to Liu Yan and bowed respectfully: "The villain Nanyang Li Yan has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"Li Yan, a native of Nanyang?" Liu Yan put a question mark in her heart: "What kind of friendship do you have with my Senior Brother Pang? He just praised you in front of me as a rare good general and talent." ”

The villain was terrified, the villain once sought advice from Mr. Pang and received Mr. Pang's guidance, but because of his dull qualifications, he failed to worship Mr. Pang as a teacher. Li Yan modestly explained the reason.

"Oh! I see!" Liu Yan suddenly realized that this Li Yan seemed to be from a poor family, and he failed to take the line of Pang Degong to enter the scholar society, but he was fortunate to make friends with Pang Tong. So this time I took the path of Pang Tong.

"Yesterday, you were also in the stands, right?" Liu Yan suddenly asked.

"Yes, yes. Li Yan nodded.

"So what do you think of the performance of the soldiers off the stage yesterday?" asked Liu Yan with squinted eyes.

"More than deterrence, full of sincerity!" Li Yan bowed and replied: "Her Royal Highness the princess has shown the strongest military strength of Jingzhou to the other party, and the other party should be able to feel your sincerity." ”

"Oh, do you think that's enough, too? But I always feel like it's almost something. Liu Yan said with interest.

The villain felt that it was enough. If you insist on saying what is missing, what is lacking is about the time of day, and when the time is ripe, everything will fall into place. Li Yan talked eloquently.

"Okay, accept your auspicious words, I hope this time will come soon! Since you came to vote for me, I won't slow you, you are from Nanyang, you should know the importance of Nanyang to Jingzhou. Xu Du is in front of me, Nanyang is exposed to the edge of Cao thief, I want to use you as a captain to guard Nanyang, what will you do?"

As soon as he came up, he gave such an important errand, which made Li Yan overjoyed, and he clenched his fists suddenly: "If His Royal Highness uses me as the captain of Nanyang, I will build a high wall." Train elite soldiers and cast Nanyang County into an iron wall, so that Cao Thief can only look at it and sigh!"

"Very well-said, Nanyang is the most important line of defense in Jingzhou, since you have such confidence, I will hand it over to you, your opponent is very strong, very strong, you have to be mentally prepared!" Liu Yan easily handed over Nanyang's defense to Li Yan, without too much interrogation, without too much temptation, she believed in Pang Tong's character, and naturally believed in Li Yan's character. Besides, there is already a set of rules and regulations for things like garrisoning and preparing for war, and it is only necessary to follow this rules and make some changes according to local conditions, so there are no special details to ask, and there are no special things to explain.

Liu Yan immediately wrote an official document and handed it to Li Yan, asking him to go to Nanyang on his own, meet Wei Yan, and hand over affairs. All the required ordnance was provided by the local armory in Nanyang, and the required soldiers were also recruited by Li Yan himself. The soldiers Wei Yan brought with him at that time wanted to bring them back without leaking. These people are going to follow Wei Yan into Shu together.

Originally, Liu Yan was thinking that if Xu Shu was left to guard Jingzhou, then his subordinates would also have enough food and food, and there would be no problem with enough food, but there would be a problem with foot soldiers.

Zhang Fei stayed, Zhao Yun stayed, but Kou Feng must be taken away. If the old general Huang Zhong doesn't take him, he will definitely not follow, Cen Qi must also take it, and Wei Yan also considered taking it away. In this way, there are only two under the teacher, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, which is too few. Now with the addition of Li Yan, it is enough.

originally thought that Gan Ning was a Shu person, and he knew the waterways into Shu best, and he wanted to take him with him this time when he entered Shu, but after thinking about it again, Jiangdong has never given up, and Cao Cao often sow discord, Jiangxia without Gan Ning will definitely be unstable, in case Jiangxia has three long and two short, Changsha will have problems, and the whole Jingzhou will be unstable. Therefore, the door panel of Ganning still has to stay in Jiangxia to guard against Jiangdong.

Fortunately, she transferred Zhou Tai and Le Jin back from Yizhou in advance, although Zhou Tai cannot be compared with Gan Ning, in the end, he is also a person who came out of the former world's first water army, and the effect of using him to attack Shu by water should not be bad.

And Le Jin is not to mention, he was once one of the five good generals under Cao Cao, and his ability is beyond doubt. Leaving him in Jingzhou may have to face the provocation of the old master, which is unfair to him, or take him to Sichuan, give him a chance to make contributions, and completely break the mind of returning to the north.

Originally, without Li Yan's surrender, Liu Yan would not have thought about many personnel arrangements. Now that there is Li Yan in Jingzhou's system, the other chess pieces in the entire chess game have come alive, and many new possibilities have arisen. This made Liu Yan very happy. The matter of Irikawa, which I had only thought about in my dreams, has now reached the final stage of preparation. With all the personnel in place, it was necessary to have a map with a clear route to lay a solid foundation for this operation.

At present, there are two Shu people, but there is no half of the map. This made Liu Yan more and more anxious and wanted to deal with Zhang Song. But what to do? Liu Yan thought about it, but there was only one way, to get him drunk and let him spit out the truth after drinking!

Although this method is good, Liu Yan can't implement it herself. I can't help it with a poor amount of alcohol. She could only tell her subordinates about the idea at the weekly meeting. got the support of the big barrel Huang Zhong, saying that it is not easy to get drunk Zhang Song, and the veteran will come out, one top two! Liu Yan was made to cry and laugh by the old man's jokes, but she couldn't help but admit that among her subordinates at the moment, Huang Zhong's alcohol consumption was the second, and no one dared to call it the first. The old man drinks liquor as if he drank white water.

However, there must be a reason for a drink to be treated, and it must also be a reasonable reason, not far-fetched. discussed and discussed, and finally Liu Yan set her eyes on Xu Shu, who had been depressed recently: "Otherwise, how about I give you a birthday?"

"I? I've never had a birthday, this method is not appropriate!" Xu Shu refused without thinking about it, he was so depressed that he wanted to hit the wall now, where was he in the mood to celebrate his birthday!

"That's the best excuse, don't shirk it. You prepare, three days later, you will hold a birthday banquet in your house, and send Zhang Song to Zhang Song. This matter is so decided, and there is no discussion. You just have to go back and take the air defense out, and teach me everything else, and everyone here today will go to eat and drink when the time comes, and even if you have a glass of one person, you will be killed by the pine. Liu Yan waved her hand proudly: "Let's be here today!"

Xu Shu wanted to say something, but Liu Yan had already gotten up and was about to go inside. He had to swallow back the words that had already reached his lips, sighed, and walked out.

After walking a short distance, I saw a group of colleagues in the distance surrounding to congratulate and hold a birthday banquet. When the time comes, Her Royal Highness the princess will definitely attend in person, how can the gifts from her colleagues be bad? In short, Xu Shu has made a lot of money from this matter.

But Xu Shu himself was not happy at all. The apprentice wants to hold a birthday banquet for himself, if it is before, he will definitely be pleased to think that the female apprentice is filial piety, and even this small detail is so thoughtful.

But now, they have been in a cold war for too long, so long that he thinks that their relationship will only get worse in the future. And when she asked to hold a birthday banquet for herself at this juncture, he inevitably had to think more.

The birthday banquet is an excuse, and the main target is Zhang Song, which Xu Shu knows very well. That's why he felt faintly frustrated. She has changed, she is no longer the little girl who relied on herself, worshiped herself, and admired herself in everything, and has become a female boss who is independent and assertive. She seems to have put herself in the right place, she is not her master but her subordinate. She's going to give herself tasks with a blunt attitude, and that's a frustrating change.

He would rather she always be the same little as she was when they met at the beginning of the year, rather than that she always wears a cold "mask" to live now. The colder she was, the more heartache he had, and after the heartache was infinite self-blame.

However, now that it is useless to blame herself, she will not pay attention to him anymore, if it is not to take advantage of him, she will not say a word to him, and she is not even willing to look at him more. This change made Xu Shu's heart even more bitter.

The apprentice treated the master like this, but the master didn't dare to have any complaints, and after taking the task, he was busy, cleaning the house, arranging the banquet, in short, he was too busy to finish things, the princess was going to set up a banquet in the general's mansion, how could he dare to slack off on such a big thing?

In a place where Xu Shu couldn't see, Liu Yan began to struggle as soon as she returned to the princess's mansion, tangled in what gift to give to the teacher, first, to mend the relationship, and secondly, to give the teacher a surprise, so that everyone could see that the teacher's status was incomparable.

What should I send? What can I send be subtle and clear to the teacher at a glance? This seems to be a bit difficult. Hey, damn it, why did you just say that you would have a birthday party in three days? Three days was too short for anything to prepare! Where did she go to make a nice gift for him?

Liu Yan was entangled, what she didn't know was that for this matter, all the officials under her, except for Xu Shu himself, were struggling, three days was too short, except for sending money, there was no time to prepare! Ancient times are not like modern times, and boutiques are blooming everywhere.

(To be continued.) )