As the Han River rose, the main force of the Han army retreated.

Liao Li, the servant, was ordered to go to Xiangyang to meet the 'Xiahou Ba' and his party, seemingly in order to establish his authority, Liu Bei sent the sons of the court's and central officials Yingrui to accompany Liao Li.

There are Yulin Zhonglang Xi Wen, Pang Hong, and Yizhou Qin Mi, Yangzhou Zhang Wen and other eloquent people.

Entertaining Xiahou Ba and his party, everyone has a psychological advantage.

The aggressive momentum in the military is the biggest source of confidence, and the other is that Cao Wei wants to see Tian Xin rejected once, and now a new group of people is coming, which is quite shameless, and will naturally be despised.

On the other hand, there is also the idea of contacting Xiahouba and trying to rebel and dismantle the Qian Pei Group.

With such a big family business as Xiahou's family, sending someone to work for Liu Bei and leaving a back road or something is basically a common means in the world.

Because of the good things Zhang Fei did back then, the Xiahou family is different from other families after all, and it is still worth rescuing.

Qin Mi and Zhang Wen hit it off at first sight and often debated; Xi Wen and Pang Hong have been friends for many generations and have brotherhood.

It's a pity that Xiahou Shang didn't come to quarrel, nor did he come to debate metaphysics such as Tian's surname, so that Qin Mi and Zhang Wen were in the air, and they chatted idly about nothing.

Now the situation in the country is a bit confusing and unclear.

There are three Mesozoic generations and three new generations in the service alone.

After Tian Xin refused to serve as the prime minister's Sima, the sensitive transition of military power became even more tricky.

If Tian Xin is willing to wait and accept the arrangement, then according to age and seniority, Guan Yu will not be there in a few years, the situation will be stable, and a pattern will be formed with Zhuge Liang as the core and Zhang Fei, Liao Li, Ma Liang, Li Yan, and Huang Quan as the auxiliary wings.

In this pattern, Tian Xin, Guan Ping, and Zhang Bao are the first series of substitutes, followed by Shi Wanglian, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, Li Shao, Peng Zhi, Jiang Wan, Shangshu Jiang Wan, Shu County Shou Yang Hong, Xiang Lang, Fei, Yang Yi, Wei Yan, Wu Yi, and Fu Kuang as second-line substitutes.

If this pattern cannot be formed, then change it to another one, the prime minister's mansion is counted as a series, and the general is counted as a series, and a dualistic pattern is engaged. With Zhang Fei as the general's substitute, who can replace the general in the future depends on whether he can defeat Guanzhong.

The military merits of Guanzhong are enough for any of Tian Xin, Guan Ping, and Zhang Bao to accumulate enough meritorious service, even if it is not enough to serve as a general, but it can also temporarily serve as a general.

It is impossible for the prime minister to completely relinquish the military power, and it is impossible for the general government to give up the power to run the localities.

In order to weaken the government to avoid the previous mistakes, Jingnan has been divided into Jingzhou in advance to form Xiangzhou.

Qin Mi praised after drinking: "Jingbei went all out on the Northern Expedition, and Xiangzhou behind him was stubborn, which was enough to resist the invasion of Jiangdong." ”

Zhang Wen has a different view: "I think Yizhou is vast, and it should be divided into several states for governance. At the very least, Bazhou should be separated to cooperate with Jingzhou's Northern Expedition. Sooner or later, the barbarians in Nanzhong will be in turmoil, and it is natural that the permanent governor of Nanzhong should be in charge of the conquest. After the people of Nanzhong were organized, a state was established to govern by important ministers. ”

This is two knives to divide the huge Yizhou into three pieces, where is Qin Mi willing: "Today's matter is more important, and if it is divided, it will be weak, if it can help the big thing?" ”

"Then why did Jingzhou divide Xiangzhou?"

"How can you generalize? If Xiangzhou is not divided, all the soldiers and horses in Jingnan will be sent during the Northern Expedition in the future, resulting in the emptiness of the rear, and there is a risk of falling Jingzhou. ”

Although Qin Mi was excited, he also lowered his voice: "There is one Marquis of Hugu Pavilion, if it happens again, who can turn the tide?" ”

It is necessary to guard against Guan Yu's big fight during the Northern Expedition to Xiangfan, and the results of the battle were too rich and almost lost Jiangling happened again.

Guan Yu can pour all the soldiers of Jingzhou to gamble on a victory, and no one can dissuade him; In the future, Tian Xin and Guan Ping will be in charge of the Jingzhou Army, and no one will be able to persuade them.

Even if the people around him are worried, they will follow Tian Xin and Guan Ping to take risks.

Feelings and prestige are there, and few people can persuade Tian Xin and Guan Ping.

Therefore, it is necessary to fundamentally avoid this kind of thing, directly divide Xiangzhou as a guarantee, and hand over Jingbei to Tian Xin, Guan Ping, and Ma Chao to toss.

Qin Mi's explanation made a lot of sense, Zhang Wen just laughed: "Aren't you afraid of failure?" As far as I know, when the hussar general, Hugu Tinghou and the thief army fought Wankou, there were only 3,000 people left in the army, otherwise at least tens of thousands of thieves could be captured. ”

Seeing Qin Mi's choking, Zhang Wen said again: "In the battle of Wankou, our army lost more than 1,300 soldiers, and the Marquis of Hugu Pavilion hated it. If the Northern Expedition fails in the future because of Xiangzhou, then the Marquis of Hugu Pavilion will have his own calculations. ”

"Huishu, this imperial court is planning to stabilize the long-term, what is wrong?"

Qin Mi poured wine for Zhang Wen: "Hugu Pavilion Hou Tianzong is talented, but after all, he is young and angry, and he is afraid of losing it, so he has to do it." ”

Zhang Wen picked up his wine glass and looked at Qin Mi, who was smiling: "I heard that when His Majesty took office as the first Guanghan County Shou Xiahou Shu in the past, he first invited Qin Gong to sacrifice wine for his teachers and friends, and often called Qin Gong by his middle father. Xiahou Su was the old minister of His Majesty when he was guarding Yuzhou, and his brother Xiahou Bo was His Majesty's favorite general. ”

Qin Mi was half-sober, and couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for Xiahou Su, this is really a good official who understands etiquette and can respect celebrities, clans, and elders.

was just puzzled that Zhang Wen was involved in this old matter, so he smiled and asked, "What does Huishu mean?" ”

"I have no other intentions, I just hope that Gong Qin will be good at arguing, but don't cause trouble in vain."

Zhang Wen drank and said with emotion: "Duke Qin, Duke Qin, Xiahou is not yet favored by Duke Qin, and the Marquis of Xixiang is even more humiliated by Liu Zichu. And the generals and the Marquis of Hugu Pavilion are all despised, and if the army is defeated in the future due to the change of Xiangzhou, it will inevitably implicate many people. ”

"Sun Quan's army was defeated and moved to anger in Jiangzuo, for fear that this matter would happen again in Jingzhou."

"I am not slandering the Marquis of Hugu Ting, the Marquis of Hugu Pavilion is ambitious and decisive. If anger leads to a lot of punishment, I am afraid that Qin Gong will be in trouble and his descendants. Therefore, if you talk about Xiangzhou in the future, please don't debate with others. ”

Seeing that Qin Mi was not convinced, Zhang Wen smiled bitterly: "Unless Yizhou is divided into two or three points, Qin Gong's intentions are congenitally biased and difficult to convince people." ”

Qin Mi lowered his head weakly and sighed, poured himself a small drink, and stopped talking.

If the Northern Expedition is made next year, there will naturally be room for a more consolidated and just system, but now it can only be like this, so that all parties will suffer some grievances.

Guan Yu is sixty years old this year and looks strong, but a general who has been fighting for more than 30 years, who has no injuries?

Especially a tall old general like Guan Yu, who said that he would fall down.

Guan Yu may fall at any time, so Jingyi and the two states should act in unison.

A high degree of unity between the military and the government can be done, but Tian Xin is unwilling, Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Ma Chao did not send anyone to persuade them, and Liu Bei did not send anyone to persuade them, so you can guess that the idea of Jingyi and the two states being highly integrated into one person is a bit too reluctant.

Then I had to divide the territory in advance, so as not to be in a hurry and form a hidden danger.

Yizhou people only have a fixed 'governance in the middle of the country', and other promotion channels are stuck, so they really don't care whether Zhuge Liang commands the entire territory of Yizhou, or leads Jingyi Erzhou.

There is only one concern, that is, to avoid the fate of Jingzhou from happening in Yizhou.

Jingzhou is divided into two parts, north and south, and the Jingzhou scholars will also be divided into two, the northern ones are still Jingzhou scholars, and the southern ones are Xiangzhou scholars.

If Yizhou is divided into two or three pieces, their own people will have to fight first.