How to promote Tian Xin is a headache for Guan Yu, not only does he have a headache, but Liu Bei also has a headache.

For Liu Bei, the first time he heard of Tian Xin's name, it was just a fake battalion governor of Yidu County's Yi Barracks, and what was out of the ordinary was that this fake battalion governor acted as the Yidu County Lieutenant; Then Guan Yu sent Tian Xin's "Four Dragons True Traces", and Liu Bei, who happened to lack auspiciousness, casually gave Tian Xin a "Fengyi Captain" meaning.

The empty lieutenant is just idle, and it can be said that he is over-appointed, but he has not been given the corresponding military power, and this appointment is not up or down.

During this period, Tian Xin participated in a series of battles in Xiangyang, accumulated merit and was promoted to the southern lieutenant of Xingyidu, holding the military power, and after receiving the appointment of Fengyi lieutenant, he transformed into a senior military officer in the Jingzhou army in one fell swoop.

According to the current promotion process, when Liu Bei was crowned king, those with meritorious services like Tian Xin were promoted to miscellaneous lieutenants, and those with shallow merits were given rewards such as coins, grain, and cloth.

But when fighting with Pang Deli's righteous army, Tian Xin beheaded Yang Ang, a famous general in Hanzhong.

I wanted to suppress this matter and summon Tian Xin to the front to give Yu Sheng a reward, but the Xiangfan war is inseparable from Tian Xin, and at this time, taking away Guan Yu's right-hand men will cause slander.

About three days later, before Liu Bei returned to Shu County, he got Guan Yu's latest report and was silent.

Fa Zheng carefully read this detailed report, and it was also silent, Guan Yu had already said 'Aconitum Poison Arrow' in the official document that cherished the words like gold, and in terms of the Fancheng Reserve that had been soaked in the flood for two days and nights, no matter how much Aconitum Poison Arrow was, it would be invalid, and the source of this Aconitum Arrow was self-evident.

"Xiaozhi, this son has repeatedly advised Yun Chang to ask for reinforcements, will Cao Mengde raise troops for the country?"

Liu Bei has a red light on his face and is full of spirit, and now is the time when he is complacent: "Sun Quan raised a large army to threaten Huainan, and if Cao Mengde raised a whole country to attack Yunchang, then our army should not retreat to Shu County, but look forward to Guanlong." ”

"Your Majesty, since the Battle of Hanzhong, Yizhou men have been fighting women, but now the grain is empty and the people are exhausted, and it is really difficult to supply the army to stay in Hanzhong. The army returned to Yizhou to eat food nearby, and the soldiers and people also lived. With the reserves of today's Yizhou, it is difficult to supply the expedition of the army. ”

Fa Zheng did not elaborate, during the entire Hanzhong Campaign, although more than 50,000 people under the command of Xiahou Yuan, the general of Zhengxi, were defeated, but the Yizhou Army and the Bazhou Army suffered 30,000 casualties in the battles in Hanzhong, Wudu, and Langzhong. The brutal war tempered the Yizhou Legion, but it also caused too many young and strong people to die, consuming too many resources in the rear.

The Yizhou Army and the Bazhou Army can go out to fight at any time, but how to solve the problem of grain and straw?

Without more than half a year's recuperation and savings, the Yizhou Army and the Bazhou Army are now unable to go out to fight.

On the Jingzhou side, Guan Yu's own army food was very tight, and when he went north to attack Guanlong, Cao Zhen was bound to be strong and clear, and he could not eat the enemy.

It's not that Liu Bei doesn't want to threaten Guan Long to contain Cao Cao's main force, but he really doesn't have military rations to support him to fight out; It's not that they don't want to send a large army to reinforce Jingzhou, it's that they really lack military rations.

Lacking a large army stationed in Tunhanzhong, it was impossible to maintain supplies, so she could only lead the army back to Yizhou to rest and recuperate.

Fa Zheng looked at Guan Yu's report, analyzing one of the proposals to transfer Ma Chao's generals to aid Jingzhou to facilitate the absorption of Guan Long's troops, and couldn't help but be moved.

Since the defeat of Ma Chao and Zhang Fei in the battle of Wudu, Ma Chao's hair has been dull, like a puppet puppet, his mental state is very bad, and he is lifeless all day long.

If Ma Chao's generals are rashly transferred, will Ma Chao have an additional psychological burden?

Ma Chao's heart knot cannot be untied, and the more he explains, the more worried Ma Chao becomes, unless he gives Ma Chao a reassurance.

When Fa Zheng analyzed this problem, Liu Bei asked: "Filial piety, Tian Xiaoxian is also from Qing Township. Today's meritorious service is outstanding, and he will return to Jiangling to recuperate after being wounded, so how can he reward the strong man to return to his heart and praise him inside and outside? ”

Fa Zheng laughed: "Your Majesty, the minister and Tian Xiaoxian have never met, how can they know their minds?" However, from Mencius's letters, he knew the name of the chicken dance, and he thought that he was a brave and resolute person. Mencius was elegant and talkative, and invited Tian Xiaoxian and his guests to the banquet twice, and Tian Xiaoxian was bent on eating when he attended the banquet and did not talk to others. Zidu was rude and sent back to Jingzhou to return to Guanjunhou. ”

Hou Zidu heard that Tian Xiaoxian had made many special contributions in Xiangfan, and wrote to Yu Chen, talking to himself. The minister thought that Tian Xiaoxian was a brave and self-conscious person, and he could be compared with Guan Junhou and General Zhenbei. ”

Liu Bei listened and nodded slowly, his face was white and beardless, and his smile was revealed.

Guan Yu likes Wei Yan, Wei Yan admires Guan Yu, and these two people are Liu Bei's favorite generals.

Fa Zheng's words have no other meaning, don't look at himself, Meng Da, and Tian Xin as Fufeng people, he has never met Tian Xin, and Meng Da and Tian Xin get along unhappily, this is enough.

Liu Bei then said: "He will go north to the land of Guanlong, and it will not be too late to transfer filial piety to participate in the war first." ”

Fa Zheng said again: "Your Majesty, General Meng Qi once accompanied Wang Shang to aid Jingzhou. Today, Xiangfan has a lot of troops related to Long, and with the prestige of General Meng Qi, even if he goes alone, he can get more than 10,000 soldiers. When the grain is sufficient next year, Guan Junhou will guard Jingzhou out of Wancheng, General Meng Qi and Tian Xiao will go to Wuguan Road first, and Wang Shang will lead the army out of Chencang, and Guanlong can be fixed in a battle. ”

not only hopes that Ma Chao can exert his influence in Liangzhou and Guanzhong, but also does not want Ma Chao to return to Liangzhou.

Then just let Ma Chao go in a different direction to participate in the war, let Ma Chao go to Wuguan Road, it is impossible to break through Guanzhong in one breath and return to Liangzhou, right?

Liu Bei bowed slightly, and his tone was firm: "Good, this strategy is very good." Filial piety, Meng Qi and filial piety are lonely and biased, and they will get the land of Guanlong next year! ”

By next year, he'll be sixty years old.

To fight Guanzhong and Longxi, you have to rely on the people of Guanzhong and Longxi.

Fa Zheng has a bottom in his heart, the Guanzhong generals who could fight before are one Meng Da back and forth, and now there is a young Tian Xin, Ma Chaoruo goes to Xiangfan to appease Guanlong's native Guan to surrender the army, and he can lead and train out a group of military officials and generals from Guanzhong.

There is no need to think deeply, and I know that Ma Chao can only take away the surrender of Liangzhou when he goes to Jingzhou, and the surrender of the surrender of Guanzhong will naturally return to Tian Xin, so as to contain Ma Chao.

The general strategy for next year's offensive was set, and in order to serve this strategy, Tian Xin's personal reward has become a trivial matter.

Laying down Guanlong, possessing the west of the world, and completely restoring the territory of the Gaozu period at the end of Qin, the people of the world will understand what the general trend is.

Compared with the land of Guanlong, Tian Xin and Ma Chao's rewards can be extraordinarily generous.

So he sent Yizhou to Li Hui to Ma Chao to appease him, and Ma Chao's daughter was the wife of Liu Bei's third son, Liu Li.

Liu Chan and Liu Yong have not yet decided on a marriage, and Liu Chan's wife selection is very complicated, while Liu Yong has the Mi family as the backing, and the wife candidate is more sensitive.

Let Liu Yong be Ma Chao's son-in-law, with Ma Chao's current mental state, he may die of worry.

On the battlefield of Xiangfan, after driving the surrendered army to dig a channel, pushing thirty warships into the Xuanchi River, and returning to the Han River downstream, the Jingzhou army finally began to transport the surrendered troops to Jiangling.

Most of the troops whose origins are Nanyang and Nanxiang counties have been supplemented under Xiahoulan and Guan Ping, and the two-person system is almost full; The troops transported to Jiangling mainly came from Longxi, Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Luoyang, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, as well as more than 1,000 Jiangxia soldiers under Li Ji, totaling more than 33,000 people.

All the Yi soldiers were subsumed into Tian Xin's Fengyi Army, and there were nearly 7,000 Yi soldiers in the first nine battalions before the battle, but now only six full battalions can be sent back to Jiangling to rest, a loss of one-third.

A warship transports more than 200 troops, and many small boats and bamboo rafts assist in transportation.

The surrendered army, the Fengyi army, and the naval army added up to more than 40,000 people, as if boasting of their military exploits, appeared in the sight of the Wu army in Hankou.

On the command tower of the building boat, Tian Xin wrapped a deerskin cloak and asked Yu Ban beside him: "Old general, do you think Cao Cao will divide Sun Quan and make the Wu army attack my Jingzhou?" ”

Yu Ban's expression was sluggish, as if he hadn't heard this.

Tian Xin looked at the banner of the Hankou Water Village of the Wu Army in the distance: "After the Great War in Hanzhong, the Wang's department has been short of food. I raised more than 30,000 troops in Jingzhou, and there was also a shortage of food for the soldiers. If I am a prince, I will drive my troops into Fancheng. ”

More than 30,000 mouths poured into the small city of Fancheng, not to mention the consumption of military rations at a rate of ten times, and the disease caused by the crowding alone could crush the defenders.

No matter what Tian Xin said, Yu Ban did not say a word.