Liu Bei was quite dissatisfied with Zhang He's plan to divide troops and intercept him, and immediately questioned: "Zhang Sima! With such a division of troops, how to deal with Guangchang County and Laishui River Valley Road? Only blocked the two roads in the south, if Zhang Chun's rebellious soldiers went down the water, wouldn't they be able to get away safely? ”

It turned out that the terrain on the Great Plain of North China was flat, and there was no way to stop it. However, the border between Zhongshan County and Youzhou has entered the remaining veins of Yanshan, so it is possible to guard the important road.

There are a total of three roads leading to Zhuo County.

The biggest road is Yi Shuidu, that is, the Yi Shui of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold" when the prince Dan sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin during the Warring States Period. Yishui has a long section of the state border between Youzhou and Jizhou, and several places can cross the river.

The second is the Langshan Pass, that is, the Langya Mountain Scenic Area in Baoding in later generations, there is a valley that can be passed.

There is another one in the northernmost part, which is from Guangchang County in Zhongshan (Baoding Laiyuan in later generations), and goes down the river from the source of Laishui, and can go directly to Zhuo County and Zhuo County (at the junction of Baoding and Beijing)

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were both natives of Zhuo County and later came to Zhongshan as officials, so they were very familiar with the surrounding geography. Therefore, as soon as they heard Zhang He's arrangement, they knew that Zhang He had given up Laishui in the north and only focused on preventing the rebels from crossing Yishui.

This is unacceptable to Liu Bei, because his hometown is Zhuo County, Zhuo County, and Zhang He divides his troops like this, and the rebels may go straight to Zhuo County along Laishui.

The ancients had a very strong local complex, not to mention that Liu Bei's relatives were all in his hometown Zhuo County, how could he sit back and watch the military disaster affect his hometown again?

That's why he ignored Zhang He's current official position and insisted on fighting on the basis of reason.

Zhang He didn't know the inside story, he saw Liu Bei's reaction so fiercely, and he was also a little annoyed: "County Lieutenant Liu! We only have 500 cavalry, and we are already overstretched by two patrol posts, and Guangchang is two hundred miles to the north. What if I split up a lone army and go to guard again, and I am annihilated by Zhang Chun?

And Yi Shuidu and Langshan Pass are close to Lunu, and Pan Duwei's infantry brigade can also rush to help the day after tomorrow. If it is divided into Guangchang, Pan Duwei's infantry army will rush over there and walk for at least three more days! Wouldn't it be that more than 100 cavalry would have to fight alone for three more days! ”

Zhang He's analysis, from a military point of view, is very correct, his troops are insufficient, and he has to block thousands of coerced rebels with 500 men, he is not sure, he just wants to grasp the big and let go of the small.

And to put it mildly, the interception of the rebels was just to make up for the regret that Zhang Chun himself had not been caught before, so he grabbed some small fish and shrimp to make up the number, and went back to show his merit to Shi Jiacong.

Whether these small fish and shrimp are caught fifty percent or seventy or eighty percent is actually not important, and it has no impact on the merits of Zhang He and Pan Feng.

Zhang He saw that Liu Bei was still unconvinced, and he didn't stop doing it, so Sen Ran said a bright sentence that opened the skylight: "County Lieutenant Liu, to put it mildly, we intercepted the coerced rebels, and we will be benevolent and righteous." As for Zhang Chunyu's party after fleeing to Youzhou, how much harm it did had nothing to do with us! It doesn't even have anything to do with the history of Jia Ting! That's what Youzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian should be worried about!

Whether we cross the border to pursue or take the initiative to share the worries of the court, will we be grateful to me for waiting for the court now? I'm afraid that I will still suspect that Jia Thorn Shi is divided! Anyway, I only block Yishuidu and Langshan Pass, and the rest you have to block it yourself with your own troops! ”

Liu Bei's teeth creaked, Li Su saw that this was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed Liu Bei: "The lord can't be reckless!" After all, Zhang Sima is a friendly army, not a postal supervisor, let's think about it in the long run! There must be a plan to rescue the lord's family! ”

Killing the superintendent in anger is not guilty, but if he merges with Zhang Hehuo, he will really be an official.

Li Su temporarily persuaded Liu Bei, pulled Liu Bei aside, and asked the reason.

Liu Bei also patiently explained, saying that he was worried about his uncle and brother in his hometown:

"Now Zhang Chun doesn't know that it was you and I who came out to denounce him, and he should be busy running away to collect the remnants of the army, so as not to retaliate against my family. But if it is delayed, I will come back and vent my family's anger, how can this be good? ”

After listening to this, Li Su realized that the matter was urgent, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"Alas! The law of the imperial court is indeed unfair. Bian Que said, 'Treat the disease before it happens', but how can there be so many Ming monarchs and ministers in the world who are willing to reward their meritorious deeds for curing the disease! ”

There is a problem with the KPI assessment system of the Han Dynasty!

I know that the generals below are forced to complete the targets of counterinsurgency, but they can't give greater credit and rewards to the local officials who "prevent problems before they happen", lest the local officials "get stuck with bugs and brush points" - this is the most difficult place to implement the "medical treatment before the disease" since ancient times, because the ruler does not understand whether you have really cured a serious disease.

No, this has led to the current beggar-thy-neighbor cycle, driving thieves to other people's jurisdictions and rotting for a while, and reaping military exploits after the experience bounty increases.

Liu Bei also lamented that the court was unclear, and then forcibly brought the topic back to business: "Boya, for now, I still want to think about how to protect my family and villagers, I really can't bear to let my hometown Zhuo County be poisoned by the military disaster."

Why don't we give up the office! It's a big deal to be the same as the Ping Yellow Turban three years ago, take the people of the headquarters and recruit some villagers to guard the homeland! ”

Li Su was almost startled, he didn't expect that he had done so many things, and he had helped Liu Bei to return the crime of killing the post overlord, and Liu Bei went around in a big circle and actually had the idea of abandoning the official again.

He hurriedly stopped: "No! The stakes are so high that the abandonment of official positions should not be said lightly...... Rong pondered it. ”

Although he stopped Liu Bei, he had to say that Liu Bei's idea still helped him open his mind and make it easier to find more coping strategies. Because this at least made him understand Liu Bei's determination.

Under the framework of the big idea of "regardless of the cost, want to promote and suppress first", Li Su quickly came up with other feasible tricks.

He immediately discussed with Liu Bei: "Since Xuande Gong is willing to pay the price of abandoning the official, there are many ways for us to choose, and I have a plan......

Liu Bei immediately grabbed Li Su's hand: "Please speak quickly!" ”

Li Su analyzed: "If you directly abandon the official and do it silently, I am afraid that this official will really be abandoned in vain." Therefore, if you want to abandon your official position, you must first make some other preparations.

In my opinion, we might as well divide our troops into two ways. Let Yide stay in the local area, gather the soldiers and horses of Anxi County, and clean up the defeated troops in Zhongshan, and go to the neighboring counties to recruit village warriors. By the way, some people were sent to infiltrate Zhuo County, and first rescued the lord and Yide's family.

Or build a dock fort in the former hometown of Yide to protect yourself from the rebels. As for the folks in Zhuo County, they can only let it go first, and I believe that even if Zhang Chun knows that the lord and Yide are from Zhuo County, he will not be angry at the innocent people of the county who slaughter the city. ”

Liu Bei immediately asked: "My brothers and I have never left anyone behind since we started the army, how can we let Yide bear it alone?" So what should Yun Chang and I do? ”

Li Su hurriedly explained and appeased: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient!" You have other important things to do, and I didn't let you abandon Yide, but I just asked Yide to stay here first to prepare and guard for ten days and half a month. ”

After that, he was afraid that Liu Bei would refute again, so he hurriedly turned to Zhang Fei and used the agitation method: "Yide, let you protect the little relatives of the eldest brother's family, as well as your own little relatives, at least hold on for half a month, can you have confidence?" Big brother's soldiers and horses are all left to you! ”

Zhang Fei was instantly provoked with a sense of honor: "Don't worry, big brother, don't worry, sir!" Hugh said that it was half a month, that is, a month, as long as the eldest brother's family is missing a finger, I will raise my head to see you! If you have other important things, don't worry! ”

Liu Bei gave up and continued to ask, "Then what arrangements do we have?" ”

Li Su: "The top priority at the moment is to first form a tacit understanding with Zhang Sima, give up the previous suspicions, and draw up a copy of Chen Qing and Zhang Chun's anti-feelings and preliminary results.

Then, because the thief rebellion has spread to Youzhou and is no longer something that can be dealt with in Jizhou, Jia Tingshi will inevitably send an envoy to Beijing to play and ask the imperial court to make unified arrangements. The eldest brother studied under Lu Shangshu in Luoyang in his early years, and should be familiar with the roads and regulations to enter Beijing, so he volunteered to ask Jia Tingshi for help and served as the messenger of the report in Beijing.

After the imperial court learned about the thieves and the reason for the accusation and suppression, the eldest brother used the reason that 'as an official in Jizhou, he could not go to Youzhou to quell the rebellion', and abandoned the official, returned to his hometown to recruit the villagers, and went to Zhuo County to protect the villagers and respect the elders, and he would inevitably get the name of filial piety in the world! ”

Li Su's plan, that is, "abandoning officials can be abandoned", but it is necessary to abandon it vigorously and well-known all over the world, and it is best to pry some bigwigs and become a whirlpool of quotations by others, so that the abandonment of officials can be given up to the greatest value, and even retreat into advance!

In the Han Dynasty, reputation is very important! has a reputation, even if he abandons his official position, he will still be directly recruited back and directly parachuted into a high position.

If you are afraid, you are afraid that if you do good deeds without leaving your name, and if your righteous deeds are not recorded in writing, then you will do it in vain.

Liu Bei had never done such a thing before, and he didn't understand it for a while, so he couldn't help asking: "In this way, doesn't the fourth brother still support me to abandon the official?" How much difference is there when I go to the capital and then abandon it? ”

Li Su: "Big brother! Since I say so, after entering Beijing, I will definitely try to find a source left and right and make a name for my eldest brother's righteous deeds! Does the eldest brother know the name of Donglai Liu Xuan? ”

Liu Bei thought for a while: "I have heard a little, Donglai Liu Zhengli, it is said that the descendants of Liu Fei, the king of Qi, are the most remote Han clan relatives. In his early years, he successively raised filial piety and Maocai, and now he is a Lang official or a servant of the imperial history. ”

Li Su followed the temptation to analyze: "Liu Zhengli is nineteen years old to show filial piety, his filial piety, I heard that because his uncle was a thief, he personally led more than ten guests to sneak into the thief's nest in disguise, killing the thief's uncle, so it is famous in Donglai and even Qingzhou.

The eldest brother also said that when you were fifteen years old, you went to Beijing with your cousin Deran to study, and all of them were funded by Deran's father and Uncle Ling. In this way, your uncle has the grace of nurturing you, and you gave up the name of the official in order to save your uncle, as long as it spreads in Beijing, are you afraid that you will not be famous in the world? ”

Liu Miao saved his uncle, that is because someone else still has his own father alive.

Liu Bei was a young man who was lonely early, and his father had just raised filial piety before he had time to become an official, and died before he was thirty years old. Uncle Liu Yuanqi gave Liu Bei the tuition and entanglement to study in Beijing, and the treatment was the same as that of his own son Liu Deran, which was equivalent to having the grace of his adoptive father.

Liu Bei has no father who can be filial piety to get filial piety, but if he catches "abandoning the official to save the uncle who is the grace of nurturing", he is definitely a moral model of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei's eyes rolled, and after thinking about it, he finally held Zhang Fei's hand: "Yide!" Gather people and recruit villagers! Protect you and my family, and stay for half a moon! Within half a month, I will definitely return from the capital! It's really not good, and it doesn't hurt to take them back to Anxi! ”

Zhang Fei: "Big brother, don't worry! ”

Liu Bei: "Let's go, second brother and fourth brother, let's go to Zhang He and jointly play the text table of Jia Thorn History!" ”